plot – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to plot
Participle: plotted
Gerund: plotting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	plot
we	Let's plot
you	plot

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

plan

cabal, coven, practice, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme, stratagem

outline

draft, propose, consider, sketch

Antonyms

outline

substance, subject, form, figure

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. plot "small piece of ground," of unknown origin. Sense of "ground plan," and thus "map, chart" is 1551; that of "plan, scheme" is 1587, probably by accidental similarity to complot, from O.Fr. complot "combined plan," of unknown origin, perhaps a back-formation from compeloter "to roll into a ball." Meaning "set of events in a story" is from 1649. The verb is first attested 1589 in the sense of "to lay plans for" (usually with evil intent); 1590 in the lit. sense of "to make a map or diagram."
2. From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8.
3. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Verbs referencing "plot"

English plat, Dutch plotten.

Sample Sentences