Main Entry:

²plot

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

plot·ted; plot·ting

Date:

1588

transitive verb1 a: to make a plot, map, or plan of b: to mark or note on or as if on a map or chart2: to lay out in plots3 a: to locate (a point) by means of coordinates b: to locate (a curve) by plotted points c: to represent (an equation) by means of a curve so constructed4: to plan or contrive especially secretly5: to invent or devise the plot of (as a movie or a literary work)intransitive verb1: to form a plot : scheme2: to be located by means of coordinates <the data plot at a single point>