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plot

/plɒt/
noun
  1. (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

    Similar: storyline

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

    Similar: parcel

  3. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

Synonymsconspiracy, scheme, parcel, storyline
verb
  1. To conceive (a crime, etc).

    "They had plotted a robbery."

  2. To trace out (a graph or diagram).

    "They plotted the number of edits per day."

  3. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

    "Every five minutes they plotted their position."

Synonymslot, scheme, becast

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