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[plan]

noun

  1. a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance.

    battle plans.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. a design or scheme of arrangement.

    an elaborate plan for seating guests.

  3. a specific project or definite purpose.

    plans for the future.

  4. Also called plan view.Ģża drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  5. a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram.

    a plan of the dock area.

  6. (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.

  7. a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc..

    a pension plan.



verb (used with object)

planned, planning 
  1. to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding).

    to plan a new recreation center.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. to make plans for.

    to plan one's vacation.

  3. to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.

verb (used without object)

planned, planning 
  1. to make plans.

    to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.

plan-

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  1. variant of plano- before a vowel.

    planate.

plan

/ ±č±ōƦ²Ō /

noun

  1. a detailed scheme, method, etc, for attaining an objective

  2. (sometimes plural) a proposed, usually tentative idea for doing something

  3. a drawing to scale of a horizontal section through a building taken at a given level; a view from above an object or an area in orthographic projection Compare ground plan elevation

  4. an outline, sketch, etc

  5. (in perspective drawing) any of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision and between the eye and object depicted

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to form a plan (for) or make plans (for)

  2. (tr) to make a plan of (a building)

  3. (tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to have in mind as a purpose; intend

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • planless adjective
  • planlessness noun
  • misplan verb
  • outplan verb (used with object)
  • overplan verb
  • preplan verb
  • replan verb (used with object)
  • underplan verb (used with object)
  • unplan verb (used with object)
  • well-planned adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of plan1

First recorded in 1670–80; from French: ā€œground, plan, groundwork, scheme,ā€ noun use of the adjective: ā€œflatā€ ( plane 1 ), a learned borrowing of Latin ±č±ōÄå²Ō³Ü²õ ā€œlevelā€ ( plain 1 )
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of plan1

C18: via French from Latin ±č±ōÄå²Ō³Ü²õ flat; compare plane 1 , plain 1
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with plan, also see best-laid plans.
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Synonym Study

Plan, project, design, scheme imply a formulated method of doing something. Plan refers to any method of thinking out acts and purposes beforehand: What are your plans for today? A project is a proposed or tentative plan, often elaborate or extensive: an irrigation project. Design suggests art, dexterity, or craft (sometimes evil and selfish) in the elaboration or execution of a plan, and often tends to emphasize the purpose in view: a misunderstanding brought about by design. A scheme is apt to be either a speculative, possibly impracticable, plan, or a selfish or dishonest one: a scheme to swindle someone.
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Example Sentences

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The plan by the infrastructure minister is being challenged in the courts.

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Then, at a congressional hearing on Thursday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to suggest under tense questioning that the Pentagon had prepared "contingency" plans for taking Greenland by force "if necessary".

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He was devastated and worried that he would have to curtail plans of a dream wedding and honeymoon with fiancƩe Lara Russell.

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"The urban planning of Mogadishu was highly structured."

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Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars.

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What is a basic definition ofĢżplan?

A plan is a program or method prepared ahead of time, a project or definite purpose, or a design or drawing of something. Plan has several other senses as a noun and a verb.When you come up with a plan, you are creating a method or scheme to do something, make something, or take another kind of action, like a plan for getting your homework done. If someone does something without thinking about what to do, how to do it, and when to do it, they don’t have a plan. A plan doesn’t have to be written down, though. It may only exist in your mind. A person who comes up with a plan is a planner.



  • Real-life examples: Your school very likely has a plan for everyone leaving the building if there is a fire. Criminals often come up with a plan  of how they will steal something and when so that they will know what to do and be able to leave quickly.


  • Used in a sentence: The prisoners needed hot air balloons for their elaborate escape plan. 


Plan is used in this same sense as a verb to mean to scheme something ahead of time.



  • Used in a sentence: We planned a surprise party for my dad. 


Plan can also mean a project or definite purpose that someone has thought about or has scheduled to happen. In this sense, it is often used in the plural as plans.



  • Used in a sentence: She couldn’t go hiking with us because she had already made plans to travel to California.


Plan is also used as a synonym for diagram and blueprint. A plan of a warehouse, for example, will likely include drawings of the building’s layout or an outline of where wiring and pipes are located within the walls. Usually, an architect or designer will draw up a plan of a building or prototype so that the builders will know what to do.



  • Used in a sentence: The fire chief got the building plan from the janitor, so he could find the circuit breaker.


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