different between plot vs location
plot
English
Etymology
From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), Gothic ???????????????????? (plats, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of the "secret plan" sense.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pl?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
plot (plural plots)
- (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
- Synonym: storyline
- c. 1725, Alexander Pope, View of the Epic Poem
- An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
- Synonym: parcel
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
- Synonyms: conspiracy, scheme
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- a. 1669, John Denham, On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland
- a. 1669, John Denham, On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- A plan; a purpose.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)
- (transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
- (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall
- (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
Synonyms
- (contrive): becast
- (conceive a crime, etc): scheme
- (an area of land): lot
Derived terms
- replot
Translations
Anagrams
- OLTP, PTOL, lopt, polt
Albanian
Etymology
From plotë.
Adverb
plot
- full, fully, full of
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *plot?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?plot]
Noun
plot m
- fence
Declension
Derived terms
- živý plot m
Related terms
- oplotit
Further reading
- plot in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- plot in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
plot
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of plotten
- imperative of plotten
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plo/
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
plot m (plural plots)
- traffic cone
- cone used in slalom
Luxembourgish
Verb
plot
- third-person singular present indicative of ploen
- second-person plural present indicative of ploen
- second-person plural imperative of ploen
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?t/
Noun
plot f
- genitive plural of plota
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *plot?.
Noun
pl?t m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- fence
Declension
Spanish
Noun
plot m (plural plots)
- (story-telling) plot
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location
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”).Morphologically locate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lo??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l???ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
location (plural locations)
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- An act of locating.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- It is the sounds of apartheid, of the townships, the locations […]
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- (law) A leasing on rent.
- (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)
- (law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (a place): place
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- location in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- location in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- location at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- colation, coontail
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio(nem), from locatum, from locare (“to rent, hire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.ka.sj??/
Noun
location f (plural locations)
- renting, rental
- rent
- rented accommodation
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- The article suggests that I ‘abused favourable prices in the City of Paris’ with regard to the intermediary housing of which I was a tenant. I wish to clarify that this accommodation had been allocated under normal, regular conditions in 2001, six years before I was elected Deputy.
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- hire (of a car etc.)
- booking, reservation
Related terms
- loyer
- lieu
- louer
See also
- établissement
Usage notes
- This false friend does not mean location.
Further reading
- “location” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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