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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun, verb koun-ter-plot; verb koun-ter-plot
Phonetic Transcription : noun, verb ˈkaʊn tərˌplɒt; verb ˌkaʊn tərˈplɒt



Definition of counterplot

  • As in conspiracy : noun collusion in plan
  • As in defeat : verb frustrate
Example sentences :
  • The story of each year, with its plot and counterplot, I have told elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • The king is only, or he appears, tricksy because you compel him to wind and counterplot.
  • Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
  • But the waters were seething now, stirred to their very lees by plot and counterplot.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs
  • It was evident that I had been plunged into the center of intrigue, plot and counterplot.
  • Extract from : « Blindfolded » by Earle Ashley Walcott
  • She was warned in time, and thereupon hatched a counterplot for his destruction.
  • Extract from : « The Beautiful White Devil » by Guy Boothby
  • But you are entirely in the dark as to the purport of all this plot and counterplot?
  • Extract from : « A Traitor's Wooing » by Headon Hill
  • In reality there was a counterplot, and that in a dangerous quarter.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
  • As nearly as I could make it out, there was a counterplot against the Furious.
  • Extract from : « The Social Gangster » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • By the second challenge Jim had risen to the situation and formed his counterplot.
  • Extract from : « Humours of Irish Life » by Various
  • There, too, moves the game of politics in plot and counterplot.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science » by Various

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