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How to pronounce plot in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms plat
Type of map
Type Words
Synonyms game, secret plan
Type of scheme, strategy
Has types counterplan, counterplot, intrigue, machination, cabal, conspiracy


they concocted a plot to discredit the governor.
Type Words
Synonyms patch, plot of ground, plot of land
Type of tract, piece of land, parcel, piece of ground, parcel of land
Has types garden, bed


a bean plot.
Type Words
Synonyms diagram
Type of draw
Has types graph
Derivation plotter
Type Words
Type of graph, chart
Type Words
Type of plan, project, contrive, design


the writer is plotting a new novel.
Type Words
Type of plan
Has types scheme, cabal, complot, conjure, connive, conspire, counterplot, intrigue, machinate
Derivation plotter


They plotted the overthrow of the government.
Type Words
Type of story
Has types storyline, plot line, action


the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.

Examples of plot

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The official stresses that there is no intelligence about an active terror plot.
From the dailyherald.com
Does this sound like the fantastical plot of some big-budget Hollywood thriller?
From the thenewstribune.com
Top Senate Democrats visited with Obama on Wednesday afternoon to plot strategy.
From the denverpost.com
Awesome visuals make this series stunning to watch, and the plot is mesmerizing.
From the dailyherald.com
He was stunned by the weight of his pumpkin, which he grew on his one-acre plot.
From the sfgate.com
Maybe you've heard this one before, but the plot machinations are pretty clever.
From the sacbee.com
Thank goodness Italy provided a beautiful scenery because the plot was terrible.
From the latimes.com
Even the plot twist that provides an unconvincing hopeful ending is no surprise.
From the post-gazette.com
The plot may be IPO-centric, but the novel is old-fashioned and wildly romantic.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • Plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
  • A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • Diagram: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
  • Plat: make a plat of; "Plat the town"
  • The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
  • A plot is a graphical technique for presenting a data set drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic plotter. It is a graph depicting the relationship between two or more variables used, for instance, in visualising scientific data.
  • A literary term, a plot is all the events in a story particularly rendered toward the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect or general theme. ...
  • In naval terminology a Plot is a graphic display that shows all collated data from a ship's on-board sensors i.e. radar, sonar and EW systems. They also displayed information from external sources ie other vessel or aircraft reports. ...