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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPLOT

From Old French, of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPLOT

complot  [ˈkɒmplɒt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPLOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Complot is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb complot in English.

WHAT DOES COMPLOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of complot in the English dictionary

The definition of complot in the dictionary is a plot or conspiracy. Other definition of complot is to plot together; conspire.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COMPLOT

PRESENT

Present
I complot
you complot
he/she/it complots
we complot
you complot
they complot
Present continuous
I am complotting
you are complotting
he/she/it is complotting
we are complotting
you are complotting
they are complotting
Present perfect
I have complotted
you have complotted
he/she/it has complotted
we have complotted
you have complotted
they have complotted
Present perfect continuous
I have been complotting
you have been complotting
he/she/it has been complotting
we have been complotting
you have been complotting
they have been complotting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I complotted
you complotted
he/she/it complotted
we complotted
you complotted
they complotted
Past continuous
I was complotting
you were complotting
he/she/it was complotting
we were complotting
you were complotting
they were complotting
Past perfect
I had complotted
you had complotted
he/she/it had complotted
we had complotted
you had complotted
they had complotted
Past perfect continuous
I had been complotting
you had been complotting
he/she/it had been complotting
we had been complotting
you had been complotting
they had been complotting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will complot
you will complot
he/she/it will complot
we will complot
you will complot
they will complot
Future continuous
I will be complotting
you will be complotting
he/she/it will be complotting
we will be complotting
you will be complotting
they will be complotting
Future perfect
I will have complotted
you will have complotted
he/she/it will have complotted
we will have complotted
you will have complotted
they will have complotted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been complotting
you will have been complotting
he/she/it will have been complotting
we will have been complotting
you will have been complotting
they will have been complotting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would complot
you would complot
he/she/it would complot
we would complot
you would complot
they would complot
Conditional continuous
I would be complotting
you would be complotting
he/she/it would be complotting
we would be complotting
you would be complotting
they would be complotting
Conditional perfect
I would have complot
you would have complot
he/she/it would have complot
we would have complot
you would have complot
they would have complot
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been complotting
you would have been complotting
he/she/it would have been complotting
we would have been complotting
you would have been complotting
they would have been complotting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you complot
we let´s complot
you complot
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to complot
Past participle
complotted
Present Participle
complotting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPLOT


coplot
kəʊˈplɒt
counterplot
ˈkaʊntəˌplɒt
grassplot
ˈɡrɑːsˌplɒt
groundplot
ˈɡraʊndˌplɒt
marplot
ˈmɑːˌplɒt
outplot
ˌaʊtˈplɒt
overplot
ˌəʊvəˈplɒt
plot
plɒt
replot
riːˈplɒt
subplot
ˈsʌbˌplɒt
underplot
ˈʌndəˌplɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPLOT

complicity
complied
complier
complies
compliment
complimental
complimentarily
complimentary
complimenter
compliments
compliments slip
complin
compline
complish
complotted
complotter
complotting
compluvia
compluvium
comply

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPLOT

a bad lot
airline pilot
allot
autopilot
ballot
blot
building plot
Camelot
carpet plot
clot
Lancelot
lose the plot
maillot
Merlot
parking lot
pilot
slot
the lot
time slot
vacant lot

Synonyms and antonyms of complot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «complot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPLOT

Find out the translation of complot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of complot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «complot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

共谋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

complot
570 millions of speakers

English

complot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

complot
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

complot
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заговор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

complot
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুমন্ত্রণা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

complot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpuas hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Komplott
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

complot
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

complot
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngguyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

complot
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதியாலோசனைக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तक्रार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suikâst
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Complot
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

complot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Complot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

complot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

complot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

complot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

complot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of complot

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLOT»

The term «complot» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.285 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLOT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «complot» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «complot» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about complot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLOT»

Discover the use of complot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to complot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reports from Committees
Au conlraire, si le complot est suivi d'un acte commis ou commence" pour en preparer l'execution, la deportation frappe les coupables. Ainsi la deportation, peine essentiellement politique, est la seule peine qui frappe le complot arrive a 1 ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1868
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Dictionnaire Du Droit Criminel
Proposition non agréée de complot. — L'art. 89 C. pén. incrimine aussi la proposition faite et non agréée de former un complot, pour arriver aux crimes mentionnés aux art. 86 et 87; et l'art 91, dans sa partie finale, renvoie à l'art. 89 pour la ...
Achille Morin, 1842
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Artful Assassins: Murder as Art in Modern Mexico
In El complot mongol this latent desire is present; murder and assassination in this text offer ways of reflecting on the destruction of the state a year after the student massacre in Tlatelolco. At the same time, the violence perpetrated by the  ...
Fernando Fabio Sánchez, 2010
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Sentence Processing: A Crosslinguistic Perspective
TABLE 4 THE HYPOTHESIZED TIME COURSE OF PP-ATTACHMENT DECISIONS“ Parser Theta assigner decision informent l (les gardes) 0 (du complot) informent 0 (les gardes) 0 (du complot) (informent (les gardes» 0 (du complot) ...
Dieter Hillert, 1998
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The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
:66 COMPLOT 1645 they. ..play, sing, feign complement: Evelyn, Diary, Vol. i. p. 159 (1872). 1648 ended with a smooth fac'd complement: Fanshawk, Progr. of Learn,, 304, p. 26a. bef. 1667 I leave Mortality, and things below; | I have no time in ...
Charles Augustus Maude Fennell, 1891
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Counterfeit Politics: Secret Plots and Conspiracy Narratives ...
Therefore, to read for the plot would always also mean to read for the complot, that is, to wait for the sense of “complot” to emerge from the word “plot.” To read for the complot would be to wait for the uncertain emergence of a secret story.
David Kelman, 2012
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Penal Codes: Being a Report on the Different Codes of Penal ...
_ In order to better understand this last provision,'it must be remarked that a very important distinction exists between complicity and complot. Both are alike in this, that in both there exists a co-opera.tion of several ; the difference is in this, that ...
Henry Shelton Sanford, 1854
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The different systems of penal codes in Europe: also, a ...
Both are alike in this, that in both there exists a co-operation of several; the difference between them is, that complicity is in general the participation of several, whilst the complot is either alone a particular offence on account of the object of the ...
Henry Shelton Sanford, 1854
9
Congressional Serial Set
T le complot contre lu trouvères la copie cyiointe sous le N° 3. ce Louisiane . i qui changea les soupçons en indices." Enfin le 6 de Juillet produisit les preuves de ce grand complot par l'indiscrétion du nommé C'arcy qui se prit de vin et par là ...
10
Trials of Slavery: Selected Documents Concerning Slaves from ...
Dat den derden gevangen September van Boegies, die als schaapewagter sijner lijfvrouw op haar voorseijde plaats, aan de Plattecloof bescheijden geleegen,6 en met het voorseijde complot drossers en moordenaaren in 't veld de eerste ...
Nigel Worden, Gerald Groenewald, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPLOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term complot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Miami's International Hispanic Theatre Fest celebrates 30 Years of …
And Uruguay's Complot is performing Ex — que revienten los .... To Hell With the Actors') by Complot of Montevideo, Uruguay; 8:30 p.m. July ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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Valeria Lumbroso filme l'empathie, “ce fil qui nous relie au sein d …
“Le grand complot permet d'inhiber collectivement son empathie, et cette inhibition est favorisée par le communautarisme.” Boris Cyrulnik parle ... «Télérama.fr, Jul 15»
3
Amira Yahyaoui : je suis proche de Mehdi Jomâa et de Mohsen …
... est que Saifeddine Rezgui n'était qu'un exécuteur agissant à un niveau bas de la hiérarchie du complot qui étreint le monde Arabe. «Business News, Jul 15»
4
Péladeau offre ses «sympathies» à Couillard pour la mort de Porter
... incarcéré en attendant son extradition vers le Québec pour faire face à des accusations de fraude, de blanchiment d'argent et de complot. «LaPresse.ca, Jul 15»
5
Mort d'Arthur Porter: la justice québécoise réclame des …
Il est accusé de fraude, de blanchiment d'argent et de complot dans ce qui a été qualifié de plus grande fraude pour corruption de l'histoire du ... «Le Huffington Post Quebec, Jul 15»
6
Affaire Dufry: la PS du ministère du Tourisme au CCID
... de millions d'euros. Arrêté dans le cadre de cette affaire, Navin Ramgoolam est provisoirement accusé de trafic d'influence et de complot. «L'express.mu, Jul 15»
7
Grèce: Remplaçons l'aide par un rééchelonnement à très long terme
Nombreux sont ceux qui ont vu un complot dans cette affaire. entre la Grèce, l'UE et le FMI, comme le referendum qui vient d'être annoncé, ... «L'Économiste, Jul 15»
8
Carlos Antonio León and Thomas Piedra join forces in 'The 8-6'
Best friends Carlos Antonio León ("Shadowland", "The Secret of Joy") and Thomas Piedra ("Complot") have now joined forces to bring to life a ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
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Haïti - Actualité : Zapping électoral...
Le conseiller électoral Me Néhémy Joseph dénonce un complot du Collectif des candidats exclus visant à faire échouer le processus électoral ... «Haitilibre.com, Jun 15»
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Décapitation de Saint-Quentin-Fallavier : la nature terroriste …
Les amateurs de théorie du complot vont se régaler. Ils me font bien rire. Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, n'est pas une ville sans queue ni tête : il est ... «Dreuz Info, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Complot [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/complot>. May 2024 ».
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