Plotting - English meaning

verb

Put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order.

Usage examples:

She had just finished arranging the flowers

verb

Put into a proper or systematic order

verb

To plan or make preparations for something or for something to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] he arranged a meeting between the two leaders., [ + to infinitive ] my friends arranged to ea…

verb

Make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation.

Usage examples:

Within five years the company will brew as much beer in china as in australia

noun

A kind of beer.

Usage examples:

Small breweries which are able to offer rare brews

verb

(of tea or coffee) to become stronger in taste in the container in which it is made, or to make a hot drink or beer

Usage examples:

[ t ] he’s working on a new way to brew the perfect cup of coffee., [ i ] i felt that trouble was b…

noun

A secret political clique or faction.

Usage examples:

A cabal of dissidents

noun

A small group of people who plan secretly to take action, especially political action

Usage examples:

He was assassinated by a cabal of aides within his own regime.

noun

A sheet of information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram.

Usage examples:

The doctor recorded her blood pressure on a chart

verb

Make a map of (an area).

Usage examples:

Cook charted the coasts and waters of new zealand

verb

A visual display of information

verb

Cooperate in a secret or unlawful way in order to deceive or gain an advantage over others.

Usage examples:

He accused his opponents of colluding with one another

verb

To do something secret or illegal with another person, company, etc. in order to deceive people

Usage examples:

Collude with sb he is accusing the administration of colluding with industry to stall the state's s…

verb

To act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone

Usage examples:

Collude with it was suspected that the police had colluded with the witnesses.

abbreviation

Computer output on microfilm or microfiche.

Usage examples:

A com port

prefix

Together; with

Usage examples:

Combination, community, companions

prefix

Abbreviation for company: used in some internet addresses that belong to companies or businesses

Usage examples:

Www.yahoo.com

verb

Create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg.

Usage examples:

She was conceived when her father was 49

verb

To bring a thought or idea into being; imagine

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] when they talk about billions of dollars, i can’t even conceive of that muc…

verb

To imagine something

Usage examples:

I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old., he couldn't conceive of a time when he …

verb

Make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients.

Usage examples:

She began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him

verb

To invent a story or excuse, esp. to deceive others

Usage examples:

He concocted the story because he did not want to do his chores., he concocted a tasty stew from th…

verb

To make something, usually food, by adding several different parts together, often in a way that is original or not planned

Usage examples:

He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of leftover food.

verb

Secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur.

Usage examples:

I did not connive in the production of these documents

verb

To plan secretly and dishonestly for something to happen that will be to your advantage

Usage examples:

Officials were accused of conniving with the company in the supply of arms to sierra leone., [ + to…

verb

To allow something bad to happen although you know about it

Usage examples:

She had murdered or connived at the murder of one of her lovers., he called for an independent inve…

verb

Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.

Usage examples:

They conspired against him

verb

To plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone’s wishes

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] moore conspired with graham to rob the bank., [ + to infinitive ] they somehow …

verb

To plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] he felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job…

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

Usage examples:

The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

phrasal verb

Devise or invent

phrasal verb

To invent something new by using a lot of imagination

Usage examples:

The gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team – who dreamed it up?

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles.

Usage examples:

In fact, all the real values are already in the graph along the x axis also called the real axis.

verb

Plot or trace on a graph.

Usage examples:

A frequency ranking of student graphing errors indicates that graphing problems are related to a co…

noun

A visual symbol representing a unit of sound or other feature of speech. graphs include not only letters of the alphabet but also punctuation marks.

Usage examples:

The initial step is the conversion of the word sequences to a phoneme transcription graph.

noun

A door in an aircraft, spacecraft, or submarine.

Usage examples:

And as the forward escape hatch was also destroyed, the lr5's only hope of gaining access to the su…

verb

(of an egg) open and produce a young animal.

Usage examples:

Eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch

noun

A newly hatched brood.

Usage examples:

A hatch of mayflies

verb

Point out; show.

Usage examples:

Dotted lines indicate the text's margins

verb

To show or signal a direction or warning, or to make something clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] these statistics might indicate quality problems., [ + that clause ] she did not move or indi…

verb

To show something, point to something, or make something clear

Usage examples:

Indicate sth to sb retailers should indicate to the consumer the exact weight of the produce., the …

verb

Arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.

Usage examples:

I was intrigued by your question

noun

The secret planning of something illicit or detrimental.

Usage examples:

The cabinet was a nest of intrigue

verb

To interest someone, often because of an unusual or unexpected quality

Usage examples:

I was intrigued by his slow, deliberate way of talking and the serious look in his eyes., she has w…

verb

Put (something) down gently or carefully.

Usage examples:

She laid the baby in his cot

noun

Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.

Usage examples:

She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective

Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.

Usage examples:

A lay preacher

verb

Engage in plots; scheme.

Usage examples:

He machinated against other bishops

verb

To make secret plans in order to get an advantage

noun

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

Usage examples:

Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes

verb

Move skilfully or carefully.

Usage examples:

The lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street

noun

A planned action that is intended to get an advantage

Usage examples:

This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who …

noun

A diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.

Usage examples:

A street map

verb

Represent (an area) on a map; make a map of.

Usage examples:

Inaccessible parts will be mapped from the air

noun

A drawing that represents a region or place by showing the various features of it, such as rivers and roads, and the distances between them, so that people can get help in finding their way from one place to another

Usage examples:

A map of california, a new york city subway map, according to this road map, it’s 740 miles from ch…

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

verb

Arrange systematically; order.

Usage examples:

Organize lessons in a planned way

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

To make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange

Usage examples:

The group organizes theater trips once a month., they organized a meeting between the students and …

noun

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Usage examples:

The un peace plan

verb

Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.

Usage examples:

They were planning a trip to egypt

verb

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved

verb

Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.

Usage examples:

For purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult

verb

Be a delegate or spokesperson for

noun

A large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.

Usage examples:

The occupational sick pay scheme

verb

Make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.

Usage examples:

Envious of their wealth, he schemed to bring about their downfall

noun

A plan for doing or organizing something

Usage examples:

The committee came up with a creative fundraising scheme., the yellow and white color scheme bright…