Meaning

• (authorship) 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.

• A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

  "The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot."

• Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

• Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

• A plan; a purpose.

Meaning

• To conceive (a crime, etc).

  "They had plotted a robbery."

• To trace out (a graph or diagram).

  "They plotted the number of edits per day."

• To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

  "Every five minutes they plotted their position."

• To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

  "They were plotting against the king."