"plotting" meaning in English

See plotting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: plottings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} plotting (countable and uncountable, plural plottings)
  1. The act of scheming or making plots; machination. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of scheming or making plots; machination): intrigado (Esperanto), आलेखन (ālekhan) [masculine] (Hindi)
    Sense id: en-plotting-en-noun-UKVAF1M~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Hindi translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 32 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 26 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 18 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 74 18 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 61 14 24 Disambiguation of 'the act of scheming or making plots; machination': 93 7
  2. The act of devising a plot for a work of fiction. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plotting-en-noun-c3Qke5AR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: monoplotting, plottingly, plotting room

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} plotting
  1. present participle and gerund of plot Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: plot
    Sense id: en-plotting-en-verb-5~7iSjW0

Inflected forms

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