plot
US /plɑt/
・UK /plɒt/
B1
other
- Mark (a route or position) on a chart.
- To secretly devise a plan to accomplish some possibly illegal or harmful end.
noun
- Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
- Series of events that form the main story
- A small piece of ground marked out for a special purpose.
- Secret plan to do something wrong or bad
- The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
verb
- To mark a path, etc. on a map, using lines or dots
- To devise or develop a dramatic storyline
- To find and mark something on a map or graph
- To plan something in secret, often something bad
- To plan something secretly
Examples
Taylor plotted with his daughter to murder her husband.
There are several unexpected twists in the plot before the murderer is revealed.