Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - plot
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n. & v. --n. 1 a defined and usu. small piece of ground. 2 the interrelationship of the main events in a play, novel, film, etc. 3 a conspiracy or secret plan, esp. to achieve an unlawful end. 4 esp. US a graph or diagram. 5 a graph showing the relation between two variables. --v. (plotted, plotting) tr. 1 make a plan or map of (an existing object, a place or thing to be laid out, constructed, etc.). 2 (also absol.) plan or contrive secretly (a crime, conspiracy, etc.). 3 mark (a point or course etc.) on a chart or diagram. 4 a mark out or allocate (points) on a graph. b make (a curve etc.) by marking out a number of points. Derivatives plotless adj. plotlessness n. plotter n. Etymology: OE and f. OF complot secret plan: both of unkn. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Date: before 12th century 1. a small area of planted ground , a small piece of land in a cemetery, a measured piece of land ; lot, ground plan, plat, the plan or main story (as of a movie or literary work), a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or unlawful end ; intrigue, a graphic representation (as a chart), ~less adjective ~lessness noun Synonyms: see: ~see: plan II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. to make a ~, map, or plan of, to mark or note on or as if on a map or chart, to lay out in ~s, 3. to locate (a point) by means of coordinates, to locate (a curve) by ~ted points, to represent (an equation) by means of a curve so constructed, to plan or contrive especially secretly, to invent or devise the ~ of (as a movie or a literary work), intransitive verb to form a ~ ; scheme, to be located by means of coordinates ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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