plot
verb/plɒt/
/plɑːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they plot | /plɒt/ /plɑːt/ |
| he / she / it plots | /plɒts/ /plɑːts/ |
| past simple plotted | /ˈplɒtɪd/ /ˈplɑːtɪd/ |
| past participle plotted | /ˈplɒtɪd/ /ˈplɑːtɪd/ |
| -ing form plotting | /ˈplɒtɪŋ/ /ˈplɑːtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to make a secret plan to harm somebody, especially a government or its leader synonym conspire
- plot with somebody It is claimed he plotted with the country's enemies.
- plot against somebody/something They were accused of plotting against the state.
- plot with somebody against somebody/something He was accused of having secretly plotted with Tipu against the British.
- plot to do something They were plotting to overthrow the government.
- She constantly plotted and schemed to catch me in some sort of lie.
- plot with somebody to do something Taylor plotted with his daughter to murder her husband.
- plot something Military officers were suspected of plotting a coup.
- She spends every waking hour plotting her revenge.
- They used the internet to plot their murderous attacks.
Extra Examples- He was arrested on suspicion of plotting against the king.
- The killings were carefully plotted and not impulsive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- allegedly
- secretly
- carefully
- …
- against
- with
- accuse somebody of plotting something
- [transitive] plot something (on something) to mark something on a map, for example the position or course of something
- The earthquake centres had been plotted on a world map.
- He plotted a new route across the Atlantic.
- The positions of the archaeological finds are accurately plotted.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- against
- on
- [transitive] plot something (on something) to make a diagram or chart from some information
- We carefully plotted each patient's response to the drug on a chart.
- Greenhouse temperature can be plotted against plant growth.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- against
- on
- [transitive] plot something (on something) to mark points on a graph and draw a line or curve connecting them
- First, plot the temperature curve on the graph.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- against
- on
- [transitive] plot something to write the plot of a novel, play, etc.
- a tightly-plotted thriller
Word Originlate Old English (in sense 3 of the noun), of unknown origin. The sense ‘secret plan’, dating from the late 16th cent., is associated with Old French complot ‘dense crowd, secret project’, the same word being used occasionally in English from the mid 16th cent.
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