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counterplot

UK/ˈkaʊn.tə.plɒt//ˈkaʊn.tɚ.plɑt/

counterplot noun: a plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

Noun

counterplot (plural counterplots)

  1. A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

Verb

counterplot (third-person singular simple present counterplots, present participle counterplotting, simple past and past participle counterplotted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
    • Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted.1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
    • […]for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V

counterplot meaning in Tamil

counterplot in Tamil

எதிர்சூழ்ச்சி

Forms of counterplot

Noun
pluralcounterplots
Verb
third-person singular presentcounterplots
present participlecounterplotting
past participlecounterplotted
pastcounterplotted

Origin of counterplot

From counter- + plot.

Words formed from counterplot

Questions about counterplot

What does counterplot mean?
Counterplot means a plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.
What is counterplot in Tamil?
Counterplot in Tamil is எதிர்சூழ்ச்சி. See Counterplot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is counterplot?
Counterplot can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce counterplot?
Counterplot is pronounced /ˈkaʊn.tə.plɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of counterplot?
The plural of counterplot is counterplots.

Words near counterplot in the dictionary

  1. counterpleaders
  2. counterpleading
  3. counterpleadings
  4. counterpleads
  5. counterpleas
  6. counterplot
  7. counterplots
  8. counterplotted
  9. counterplotter
  10. counterplotters
  11. counterplotting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: counterplot (page history and authors); counterplot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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