A plan; a purpose.
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story).
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
To trace out (a graph or diagram).
Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
Used to express a conditional outcome.
With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
Simple past tense of shall.
In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.