plotted

Thân thiện

The detective discovered the plotted scheme in the suspect's notebook.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Planned in advance; premeditated: Describes an action or event that was intentionally designed or arranged beforehand, often with careful thought and preparation. 2. With malice aforethought: Describes an action, especially a harmful or criminal one, that was carried out with deliberate prior intention and ill will.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The novel's success was no accident; it followed a carefully plotted narrative arc. (Here, "plotted" describes a narrative that was deliberately planned in advance.)
  • The prosecutor argued it was a plotted assassination, not a crime of passion. (Here, "plotted" describes a murder carried out with malice aforethought and prior planning.)

Advanced Usage

• "Plotted against": This phrase implies a secret or treacherous plan made to harm someone or something.
  • The nobles plotted against the king. (This describes the action of planning. The adjective form would describe the result of such planning, e.g., "a plotted coup.")
• "Plotted course": A pre-determined and calculated path or plan of action.
  • The captain steered the ship along its plotted course. (This describes a course that was charted or planned in advance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Plot (verb): To secretly make plans to carry out something, often something illicit or against someone.
  • The rebels plotted to overthrow the government.
• Plot (noun): 1. The main story of a book, film, etc. 2. A secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful. 3. A small piece of land.
• Plotter (noun): A person who makes secret plans.
• Plotting (noun/adj): The activity of making secret plans; engaging in such activity.

Synonyms

• Premeditated: Thought out or planned beforehand.
• Calculated: Done with full awareness or intent; deliberately planned.
• Prearranged: Arranged or agreed upon in advance.
• Schemed: Planned in a secret or underhanded way.

Antonyms

• Spontaneous: Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse.
• Unplanned: Not planned or thought out in advance.
• Accidental: Happening by chance or unintentionally.

Notes on Meaning

The adjective "plotted" almost always carries a connotation of deliberate, often secretive, prior planning. While it can be neutral (e.g., a plotted graph, a plotted story), it frequently implies an underlying negative or sinister purpose, especially in legal or dramatic contexts where it aligns with "malice aforethought." It describes the state or quality of having been planned, not the act of planning itself.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. planned in advance
   • with malice aforethought

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aforethought
• planned