English-Norwegian translations for plot

Definition of plot

• 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
• Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue
• Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy
• A plan; a purpose
• To conceive (a crime, etc
• To trace out (a graph or diagram
• To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc
• To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc

Examples

• The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board
• The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot
• They had plotted a robbery
• They plotted the number of edits per day
• Every five minutes they plotted their position
• They were plotting against the king

Related words

• plotter
• splotch
• haplotype
• scatterplot
• complot
• subplot
• grassplot
• plotline
• plotzed