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 →

2) A secret plan, often to do something wrong. tree →

3) A small piece of land, such as for a garden or a house. tree →

4) (verb, maths) To mark points on a graph or map. tree →

5) (verb) To plan something secretly. tree →

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 →
• Plot the point (3, 4) on the grid. tree →
• The villains made a plot to steal the crown. tree →
• We grow carrots on our plot. tree →
• Plot your results on a bar chart. tree →
• He's lost the plot! (slang: gone a bit crazy) tree →
• The children plotted a surprise party. tree →
• The evil one's plot was successful. tree →

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).
• In a plot, one event often causes the next; this is cause and effect.
• "Lost the plot" means gone mad or started behaving in a wild, senseless way; it is British slang.
• Bonfire Night on 5 November in Britain remembers a failed plot to blow up Parliament in 1605.
• In Britain 5 November is Bonfire Night, remembering a plot in 1605 to blow up Parliament.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.