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# plot

«plot» in Mova's school dictionary: **The main events of a story, film or play** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a plot, plots); verb (plot, plots, plotted, plotting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The main events of a story, film or play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#m1)

2) A secret plan, often to do something wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#m2)

3) A small piece of land, such as for a garden or a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#m3)

4) (verb, maths) To mark points on a graph or map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#m4)

5) (verb) To plan something secretly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons: the plot of a story. In maths: plot the points (2, 3) on the grid, plot a line graph. In gardening: a vegetable plot. Phrases: plot points, the plot thickens, lose the plot (slang: go crazy).

### examples

- The plot of the book is very exciting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x1)
- Plot the point (3, 4) on the grid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x2)
- The villains made a plot to steal the crown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x3)
- We grow carrots on our plot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x4)
- Plot your results on a bar chart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x5)
- He's lost the plot! (slang: gone a bit crazy) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x6)
- The children plotted a surprise party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x7)
- The evil one's plot was successful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/#x8)

### note

Doubles t: plotted, plotting. Maths: when plotting (x, y), go across first (x), then up (y). "Lose the plot" (UK slang) means become confused or angry.

### In the corpora

- [Every story has characters (who), a setting (where and when) and a plot (what happens).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/0/)
- [In a plot, one event often causes the next; this is cause and effect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/21/)
- ["Lost the plot" means gone mad or started behaving in a wild, senseless way; it is British slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/8/)
- [Bonfire Night on 5 November in Britain remembers a failed plot to blow up Parliament in 1605.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/14/)
- [In Britain 5 November is Bonfire Night, remembering a plot in 1605 to blow up Parliament.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.