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.