Definition of "plot"

plot

/plɒt/

noun
plural plots
1. (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
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  If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
  c. 1725, Alexander Pope, View of the Epic Poem
2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
3. A grave.
4. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
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  I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.
  2017, Mark Chambers, Tony Holmes, Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ and B6N ‘Jill’ Units, page 32
5. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
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  I have o'erheard a plot of death.
  c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene vi]
  O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!
  1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, Act I, scene i, page 1
6. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
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  a man of much plot
  a. 1669, John Denham, On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland
7. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  Quotations
  And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.
  1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], book
8. A plan; a purpose.
  Quotations
  no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls
  1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […]
9. (fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story (originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning, "course of the story").
verb
third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted
1. (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
  Quotations
  This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.
  1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall

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