Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of plot
nounplotting (countable and uncountable, plural plottings)
plural plottings
- countableuncountableThe act of scheming or making plots; machination.
- countableuncountableThe act of devising a plot for a work of fiction.
It’s ironic that a movie so adventurous in its thinking should prove so imitative and pedestrian in its plotting, but that’s what we have in “M3GAN 2.0.”
2025 June 25, Mick LaSalle, “Review: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ is clever about AI, but its tired plot wastes a smart premise”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2026
Translations
Esperanto intrigado
- intrigadothe act of scheming or making plots; machination
Hindi आलेखन
- आलेखन (ālekhan)the act of scheming or making plots; machination
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APA
plotting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotting
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“plotting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plotting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotting.
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