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COUNTERPLOT (counterplotted, counterplotting)

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Irregular inflected forms: counterplotted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, counterplotting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterplot mean? 

COUNTERPLOT (noun)
  The noun COUNTERPLOT has 1 sense:

1. a plot intended to subvert another plotplay

  Familiarity information: COUNTERPLOT used as a noun is very rare.


COUNTERPLOT (verb)
  The verb COUNTERPLOT has 1 sense:

1. make a plot in response to another plotplay

  Familiarity information: COUNTERPLOT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNTERPLOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plot intended to subvert another plot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

counterplan; counterplot

Hypernyms ("counterplot" is a kind of...):

game; plot; secret plan (a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal))

Derivation:

counterplot (make a plot in response to another plot)


COUNTERPLOT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a plot in response to another plot

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "counterplot" is one way to...):

plot (plan secretly, usually something illegal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

counterplot (a plot intended to subvert another plot)


 Context examples 


None of your plots against me; I'll counterplot you!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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