plot

IPA: pɫˈɑt

(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
A grave.
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.
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
A plan; a purpose.
(fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story (originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning, "course of the story").

Examples of "plot" in Sentences

This book's main plot is quite similar to an episode from series 2.
Although the main plot is slow to start this is not necessarily a slow book.
No pg-13, no Shia, and no changing the story to the point where the main plot is gone.
"_Plot -- plot -- plot_," says an enlightened British critic, "have been Mr. Dimond's three studies."
That's because the main plot is not the action or the treachery or the historical import, it's the friendship among D'Artagnan and the three Musketeers.
I'm not sure what the main plot is for The Unseen, but if it's anywhere near as good as The Price then there's good reason for me to have this on my wish list.
An interesting sub-plot to the self-loathing, lonely hero main plot, is a moral question of why Hancock should abide by regular human morality, given that he is, in ways, more than human.
Well, how about a forested planet with the deeply "connected" natives, a human military raid on a huge tree-city and a subsequent retaliation of natives ... some scenes seem incredibly familiar, even though Le Guin plot is markedly deeper and more sophisticated.