plot Význam & definícia

Význam plot v slovenčine

• 0 the story of a book, film, play, etc.:

  • The movie has a very simple plot.

  • The plots of his books are basically all the same.

• 1 a secret plan made by several people to do something that is wrong, harmful, or not legal, especially to do damage to a person or a government:

  • The plot was discovered before it was carried out.

  • [ + to infinitive ] The police have foiled a plot to assassinate the president.

• 2 a small piece of land that has been marked or measured for a particular purpose:

  • a vegetable plot

  • There are several plots of land for sale.

• 3 a diagram or chart

• 4 to mark or draw something on a piece of paper or a map

  • Radar operators plotted the course of the incoming missile.

  • We've plotted our projected costs for the coming year, and they show a big increase.

• 5 to make a secret plan to do something wrong, harmful, or illegal:

  • The army is plotting the overthrow of the government.

  • I can't believe that he's plotting against his own father.

  • [ + to infinitive ] They're plotting (together) to take over the company.

  • [ + to infinitive ] They're plotting to play a trick on their brother.

  • He's plotting a surprise party for his wife's birthday.

• 6 to write the plot for something:

  • So far I've only plotted (out) the story in a rough form.

• 7 a secret plan to do something that is wrong, harmful, or illegal:

  • The police discovered a plot to rob the bank.

• 8 the plan or main story of a book, film, play, etc.:

  • The novel has a complicated plot that is sometimes difficult to follow.

• 9 a small piece of land that has been marked or measured for a particular purpose:

  • a garden plot

• 10 to mark a paper or use a computer to show the position of a number or represent a solution to an equation (= mathematical statement) and create a graph (= drawing)

  • He plotted a course between Hawaii and Tahiti.

  • We measured and plotted the amounts of chemicals that were released in the countryside.

• 11 a small piece of land that is intended for a particular purpose:

  • The building plot was valued at £160,000.

  • We are planning to develop a plot of land adjacent to the park.

• 12 to mark or draw something on a piece of paper or a map:

  • The software system makes it possible to plot the exact location of sales vehicles.

• 13 to make marks to show the position, movement, or development of something, usually in the form of lines or curves between a series of points on a piece of paper:

  • We provide a two-dimensional graph where you can plot the current location of your organization and then identify the desired point to which you would like the organization to move.

• 14 to make a secret plan to do something:

  • The French building materials giant is plotting a £3bn bid for the troubled UK cement maker.