plotted
SayPLOT-idUS/ˈplɑtɪd/UK/ˈplɒtɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of plot.
The rebels plotted against the king for months before acting.
The ship's course was plotted across the chart by the navigator.
Note
One spelling does double duty: it is the simple past (they plotted for months) and the participle after have or be (the points were plotted). The doubled t keeps the stem vowel short. Both strands of the verb share this form. The scheming sense works with or without an object (plotted a coup, plotted against the king), while the charting sense always takes one: a course, a graph, a point.
plotted is a form of plot
plot, verb: To secretly plan a crime or other wrongdoing. Full entry
- Spelling
- plot → plotted: double the t, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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