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plotting

plotting is the present participle and gerund of plot.

Meaning of plot

Verb

plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
    • They had plotted a robbery.
    Synonyms:
    connive
  2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
    • They plotted the number of edits per day.
    Synonyms:
    becast
  3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
    • Every five minutes they plotted their position.

See all 15 meanings of plot

Noun

plotting (countable and uncountable, plural plottings)

  1. The act of scheming or making plots; machination.

Forms of plotting

pluralplottings

Words formed from plotting

Phrases with plotting

Questions about plotting

What does plotting mean?
Plotting means the act of scheming or making plots; machination.
What is plotting the present participle and gerund of?
Plotting is the present participle and gerund of plot.
What part of speech is plotting?
Plotting is a noun.
What is the plural of plotting?
The plural of plotting is plottings.

Words near plotting in the dictionary

  1. plottery
  2. plottest
  3. plotteth
  4. plottier
  5. plottiest
  6. plotting
  7. plotting out
  8. plotting room
  9. plotting rooms
  10. plottingly
  11. plottings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plotting (page history and authors); plot (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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