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quarters
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kw??t?z/, /?k??t?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw??t?z/
Noun
quarters
- plural of quarter.
Noun
quarters
- (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
- (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
- Quarterfinals.
Verb
quarters
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarter
Translations
Catalan
Noun
quarters
- plural of quarter
French
Noun
quarters m
- plural of quarter
quarters From the web:
- what quarters are worth money
- what quarters are silver
- what quarters are valuable
- what quarters have silver in them
- what quarters are worth a lot of money
- what quarters have errors
- what quarters are worth keeping
- what quarters are rare
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
plot From the web:
- what plot means
- what plot archetype is employed in carl
- what plot means in story
- what plot twist means
- what plot was uncovered in 1919
- what plots of land are for sale in skyrim
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