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counterplot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkaʊn.tə.plɒt/ (UK)
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• /ˈkaʊn.tɚ.plɑt/ (US)

Etymology

From counter- + plot.

Meanings

1. A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

Forms

Hypernyms

plot

Translations (2)

mi tāhū taupatupatu (plot made in opposition to another) · ru контрзаговор (plot made in opposition to another)

counterplot en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkaʊn.tə.plɒt/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio
• (US) audio
• /ˈkaʊn.tɚ.plɑt/ (US)

Etymology

From counter- + plot.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
   • Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque:
   • […]for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him. 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V:

Forms

Deriveds

counterplotter