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Synonyms for plotting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : plot
Phonetic Transcription : plÉ’t

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Définition of plotting

Origin :
  • Old English plot "small piece of ground," of unknown origin. Sense of "ground plan," and thus "map, chart" is 1550s; that of "a secret, plan, scheme" is 1580s, probably by accidental similarity to complot, from Old French complot "combined plan," of unknown origin, perhaps a back-formation from compeloter "to roll into a ball," from pelote "ball." Meaning "set of events in a story" is from 1640s. Plot-line (n.) attested from 1957.
  • verb plan, scheme
  • verb map out; draw
Example sentences :
  • James Harlowe is plotting to revive the resentments of her family against me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • We can't bear the plotting and undermining that takes place.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • But the scheme has merit, and Galway and I are plotting to capture the movement from Griffiths.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • This was a terrible ending to his plotting that had never entered into his calculations.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • He told us one evening how he had been delivered from those who were plotting his destruction.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • The Indians, under the guise of peace, were plotting a general massacre.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • Ramiro del' Orca is a traitor who is plotting the death of his overlord.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I am sure of that, Johnson, and I will add that the leaders had been plotting it for some time.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • "Else there'll be trouble 'twixt him and Grey," the plotting parson foretold.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "I would I knew what they are plotting," she said through her teeth.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

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