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

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

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

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

Example: The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

To conceive (a crime, etc).

Example: They had plotted a robbery.

To trace out (a graph or diagram).

Example: They plotted the number of edits per day.

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

Example: Every five minutes they plotted their position.

To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

Example: They were plotting against the king.