plot in English: The story of a book or film; also a secret plan to do something, or a small piece of land. (noun)

Translation

The story of a book or film; also a secret plan to do something, or a small piece of land.

Word origin

From Old English plot, a small piece of ground; the secret plan sense grew later, shaped by the French word complot.

Gender

Pluralplots

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The plot is what happens in the story.

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Here "plot" means a secret plan to do something bad.

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A plot can also be a small piece of land.

story

A description of events, real or not, that you tell or write for others.

plan

An idea about what you will do and how you will do it before you start.

secret

Something you know but do not tell other people.

film

A story told in moving pictures. It is the usual British word for a movie.

land

The ground, the dry part of the earth that is not the sea.

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