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Plot and Part

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"
  • A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
    • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar 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.
  • Make a plat of.
    • usage: "Plat the town"
  • Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
    • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"
(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.

noun

  • Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
    • usage: "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
  • Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
    • usage: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
  • A portion of a natural object.
    • usage: "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
  • That which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation.
    • usage: "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"
  • The extended spatial location of something.
    • usage: "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
  • The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
    • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.
    • usage: "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
    • usage: "he wanted his share in cash"
  • One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.
    • usage: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
  • A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.
    • usage: "his part was right in the middle"
  • The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.
    • usage: "he tried to sing the tenor part"
  • The part played by a person in bringing about a result.
    • usage: "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"

verb

  • Go one's own way; move apart.
    • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
    • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • Leave.
    • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
  • Come apart.
    • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • Force, take, or pull apart.
    • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

adverb

  • In part; in some degree; not wholly.
    • usage: "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"