- devise a plot
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
devise a plot
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plot — ► NOUN 1) a secret plan to do something illegal or harmful. 2) the main sequence of events in a play, novel, or film. 3) a small piece of ground marked out for building, gardening, etc. 4) a graph showing the relation between two variables. 5)… … English terms dictionary
plot — [[t]plɒt[/t]] n. v. plot•ted, plot•ting 1) a secret plan or scheme to accomplish a usu. evil purpose 2) lit. the main story of a literary or dramatic work 3) a small piece of ground: a garden plot[/ex] 4) a measured parcel of land: a two acre… … From formal English to slang
plot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Date: before 12th century 1. a. a small area of planted ground < a vegetable plot > b. a small piece of land in a cemetery c. a measured piece of land ; lot 2. ground plan … New Collegiate Dictionary
plot — noun 1》 a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful. 2》 the main sequence of events in a play, novel, or film. 3》 a small piece of ground marked out for building, gardening, etc. 4》 a graph showing the relation… … English new terms dictionary
plot — plÉ‘t /plÉ’t n. chart, graph; scheme, design; main story of a literary work; conspiracy, intrigue; tract of land; small piece of land in a cemetery v. place data into a table; scheme, conspire, intrigue; represent on a chart or graph; devise a… … English contemporary dictionary
devise — de·vise 1 /di vīz/ vt de·vised, de·vis·ing [Anglo French deviser to divide, share, bequeath, ultimately from Latin dividere to divide]: to give (property) by will; specif: to give (real property) by will compare alienate, bequeath, convey … Law dictionary
plot´less|ness — plot «plot», noun, verb, plot|ted, plot|ting. –n. 1. a secret plan, especially to do something wrong: »Two men formed a plot to rob the bank. SYNONYM(S): intrigue, conspiracy … Useful english dictionary
plot´less — plot «plot», noun, verb, plot|ted, plot|ting. –n. 1. a secret plan, especially to do something wrong: »Two men formed a plot to rob the bank. SYNONYM(S): intrigue, conspiracy … Useful english dictionary
plot — [n1] plan, scheme artifice, booby trap*, cabal, collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, design, device, fix, frame, frame up*, game, intrigue, little game*, machination, maneuver, practice, ruse, scam, setup … New thesaurus
Plot — Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. Plotting an unprofitable crime. Dryden. Plotting now the fall of others. Milton [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plot — I (land) noun acreage, agellus, block, division, field, ground, lot, parcel of land, patch, piece of land, plat, property, tract II (secret plan) noun cabal, chicane, collusion, complicity, complot, coniuratio, conspiracy, conspiratio,… … Law dictionary
