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Plot and Programme

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

  • 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"
  • An integrated course of academic studies.
    • usage: "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
  • A radio or television show.
    • usage: "did you see his program last night"
  • Computer science. ( a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
    • usage: "the program required several hundred lines of code"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation.
    • usage: "the program lasted more than two hours"

verb

  • Write a computer program.
  • Arrange a program of or for.
    • usage: "program the 80th birthday party"
(n.) That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.