plot
/plɑt/ verb C2- To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc). · They had plotted a robbery.· They were plotting against the king.
- To trace out (a graph or diagram). · They plotted the number of edits per day.
- To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc). · Every five minutes they plotted their position.
He/she/it plots · Past plotted · Past participle plotted · -ing form plotting
Verb forms
- Base form
- plot
- He/she/it
- plots
- Past
- plotted
- Past participle
- plotted
- -ing form
- plotting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“My father is not engaged in this fearful plot, is he, sir?” asked Valentine, clasping her hands.
You understand, my dear baron, that legal methods are the safest in criminal cases; it was, perhaps, some plot against you.” Andrea looked steadily at Monte Cristo and disappeared in the second drawing-room.
“Why, that is the very worst offence they could possibly commit; for, don’t you see, Renée, the king is the father of his people, and he who shall plot or contrive aught against the life and safety of the parent of thirty-two millions of souls, is a parricide upon a fearfully great scale?”
“Sire, I have come as rapidly to Paris as possible, to inform your majesty that I have discovered, in the exercise of my duties, not a commonplace and insignificant plot, such as is every day got up in the lower ranks of the people and in the army, but an actual conspiracy—a storm which menaces no less than your majesty’s throne.
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