1. (

• plot

) plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" ;

2. (

• diagram ,
• plot

) make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed ;

3. (

• plat ,
• plot ,

) make a plat of; "Plat the town" ;

4. (

• plot ,

) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel" ;

1. (

• aforethought ,
• planned ,
• plotted

) with planning and intention; "with malice aforethought" ;