plot

plot
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noun
1 plan
ADJECTIVE
▪ evil, fiendish
▪ alleged
▪ assassination, coup, murder, terrorist
VERB + PLOT
▪ hatch
▪ uncover
▪ foil
PREPOSITION
▪ plot against
▪

They had taken part in a plot against the king.

▪ plot by
▪

The police claim to have uncovered a plot by terrorists to assassinate the president.

2 events in a story
ADJECTIVE
▪ simple
▪ complex, complicated
▪ basic
▪ main
VERB + PLOT
▪ construct
▪

She has constructed a complicated plot, with a large cast of characters.

▪ advance
▪

This car chase does nothing to advance the plot.

▪ give away
▪

I don't want to give away the plot to anyone who hasn't seen the movie.

PLOT + VERB
▪ develop, unfold
▪ involve, revolve around
▪

The main plot revolves around a suspicious death.

PLOT + NOUN
▪ development
▪ twist
▪

There is a clever plot twist near the end of the film.

▪ device
PHRASES
▪ a twist in the plot, a twist of the plot
▪

There are several unexpected twists in the plot before the murderer is revealed.

3 piece of land
ADJECTIVE
▪ garden, vegetable
▪ farm
▪ building (esp. BrE)
▪ burial
▪ small
▪ 10-acre, 12-acre, etc.
▪

They own a five-acre plot of land.

▪ family, private
VERB + PLOT
▪ work
PLOT + VERB
▪ measure sth
▪

a plot measuring 10 m by 20 m

PHRASES
▪ a plot of land
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verb
1 make secret plans
ADVERB
▪ allegedly
▪ secretly
▪ carefully
▪

The killings were carefully plotted and not impulsive.

PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪

He was arrested on suspicion of plotting against the king.

▪ with
▪

Taylor plotted with his daughter to murder her husband.

PHRASES
▪ accuse sb of plotting sth
2 mark sth on a chart
ADVERB
▪ accurately
▪

The positions of the finds are accurately plotted.

PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪

Greenhouse temperature can be plotted against plant growth.

▪ on
▪

The figures are plotted on a graph.

Plot is used with these nouns as the object: ↑assassination, ↑coup, ↑course, ↑curve, ↑downfall, ↑escape, ↑move, ↑murder, ↑overthrow, ↑revenge, ↑strategy

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