Plot and Determine

noun

• A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
  • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • synonyms: secret plan, game
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
  • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

• Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
  • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • synonyms: diagram
• Make a plat of.
  • usage: "Plat the town"
  • synonyms: plat
• Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
  • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

• (v.i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
• (v.i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
• (n.) A plan; a purpose.
• (n.) A plantation laid out.
• (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
• (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• (v.t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
• (v.t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
• (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
• (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
• (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

verb

• Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
  • usage: "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
  • synonyms: find, find out, ascertain
• Shape or influence; give direction to.
  • usage: "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
  • synonyms: shape, mold, influence, regulate
• Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
  • usage: "set the rules"
  • synonyms: set
• Decide upon or fix definitely.
  • usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • synonyms: specify, set, define, fix, limit
• Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
  • usage: "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
  • synonyms: decide, make up one's mind
• Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.
  • usage: "the tree determines the border of the property"
• Settle conclusively; come to terms.
  • usage: "We finally settled the argument"
  • synonyms: settle, square off, square up
• Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
  • usage: "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
  • synonyms: check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

• (v.t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.
• (v.t.) To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.
• (v.t.) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
• (v.t.) To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
• (v.t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.
• (v.t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
• (v.t.) To ascertain the presence, quantity or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.
• (v.t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
• (v.i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.
• (v.t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.
• (v.i.) To come to an end; to end; to terminate.