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ALL meanings of plotting

plot
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  • noun plotting a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government. 1
  • noun plotting Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story. 1
  • noun plotting a small piece or area of ground: a garden plot; burial plot. 1
  • noun plotting a measured piece or parcel of land: a house on a two-acre plot. 1
  • noun plotting a plan, map, diagram, or other graphic representation, as of land, a building, etc. 1
  • noun plotting a list, timetable, or scheme dealing with any of the various arrangements for the production of a play, motion picture, etc.: According to the property plot, there should be a lamp stage left. 1
  • noun plotting a chart showing the course of a craft, as a ship or airplane. 1
  • noun plotting Artillery. a point or points located on a map or chart: target plot. 1
  • verb with object plotting to plan secretly, especially something hostile or evil: to plot mutiny. 1
  • verb with object plotting to mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship or aircraft. 1
  • verb with object plotting to draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building. 1
  • verb with object plotting to divide (land) into plots. 1
  • verb with object plotting to determine and mark (points), as on plotting paper, by means of measurements or coordinates. 1
  • verb with object plotting to draw (a curve) by means of points so marked. 1
  • verb with object plotting to represent by means of such a curve. 1
  • verb with object plotting to devise or construct the plot of (a play, novel, etc.). 1
  • verb with object plotting to prepare a list, timetable, or scheme of (production arrangements), as for a play or motion picture: The stage manager hadn't plotted the set changes until one day before the dress rehearsal. 1
  • verb with object plotting to make (a calculation) by graph. 1
  • verb without object plotting to plan or scheme secretly; form a plot; conspire. 1
  • verb without object plotting to devise or develop a literary or dramatic plot. 1
  • verb without object plotting to be marked or located by means of measurements or coordinates, as on plotting paper. 1
  • noun plotting the act of conspiring to do something 0
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