Plot and Program

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.

noun

• A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
  • usage: "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
  • synonyms: plan, programme
• A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need.
  • usage: "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
  • synonyms: programme
• A radio or television show.
  • usage: "did you see his program last night"
  • synonyms: broadcast, programme
• A document stating the aims and principles of a political party.
  • usage: "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"
  • synonyms: platform, political platform, political program
• An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event.
  • usage: "you can't tell the players without a program"
  • synonyms: programme
• An integrated course of academic studies.
  • usage: "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
  • synonyms: course of study, programme, curriculum, syllabus
• Computer science. ( a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
  • usage: "the program required several hundred lines of code"
  • synonyms: programme, computer program, computer programme
• A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation.
  • usage: "the program lasted more than two hours"
  • synonyms: programme

verb

• Arrange a program of or for.
  • usage: "program the 80th birthday party"
  • synonyms: programme
• Write a computer program.
  • synonyms: programme

(n.) Same as Programme.

Related activities and projects that seek to accomplish a specific objective.