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plot

Definition

  • noun: an area of land that has been measured and is considered as a unit
  • noun: a small area of planted ground
  • verb: to plan secretly to do something usually illegal or harmful
  • verb: to make a plot, map, or plan of
  • usually + 'against'
  • synonyms: plat, delineate, conspiracy

Examples

  • They are accused of 'plotting' the assassination of the prime minister. = They are accused of 'plotting' to assassinate the prime minister.

  • As the 'plot' unfolds [=as the story continues; as things happen in the novel, movie, etc.], we learn more about the hero's family.

  • He is a master of 'plot' [=he is very good at thinking of interesting stories], but his characters are not realistic.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But Dobby had to come. Dobby has to protect Harry Potter. To warn him. Harry Potter must not go back. . . . . .to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year. There is a plot, a plot to make most terrible things happen. What terrible things? Who's plotting them? Can't say. (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets