plot, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end. plot implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme.

Plot, conspire, scheme imply secret, cunning, and often unscrupulous planning to gain one's own ends. To plot is to contrive a secret plan of a selfish and often treasonable kind: to plot against someone's …

Plot is the sequence of interconnected events within the story of a play, novel, film, epic, or other narrative literary work. More than simply an account of what happened, plot reveals the cause-and …

PLOT definition: 1. the story of a book, film, play, etc.: 2. a secret plan made by several people to do something…. Learn more.

2 days ago · The leader of an Iranian unit behind an attempted 2024 plot to assassinate President Donald Trump has been killed, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

1 day ago · The U.S. military killed an Iranian official who led a unit behind an alleged plot to assassinate President Donald Trump.

1. To form or take part in a plot; scheme: were plotting for months before the attack. 2. To write or develop the plot for a work of fiction: A good mystery writer must plot well.

In a narrative or creative writing, a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung. The plot is the story, and more specifically, how the story develops, …

In a literary work, film, or other narrative, the plot is the mapping of events in which each one (except the final) affects at least one other.