plot

CEFRB1

/plɒt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The main story of a book, film, or play.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small piece of land.

Examples

  • Apart from the plot, the book interested me.

  • It's hard to follow the plot of the film.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /pläʔ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A grave.

  2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To secretly plan something harmful or illegal.

More examples

In context

  • Their plot to start a fire was discovered by the police.

  • The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

  • The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of noun sense 5. Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.