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plan
1[plan]
noun
a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance.
battle plans.
Synonyms: , ,a design or scheme of arrangement.
an elaborate plan for seating guests.
a specific project or definite purpose.
plans for the future.
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: , , ,a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram.
a plan of the dock area.
(in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.
a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc..
a pension plan.
verb (used with object)
to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding).
to plan a new recreation center.
Synonyms: , ,to make plans for.
to plan one's vacation.
to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.
verb (used without object)
to make plans.
to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.
plan-
2variant of plano- before a vowel.
planate.
plan
/ ±č±ōƦ²Ō /
noun
a detailed scheme, method, etc, for attaining an objective
(sometimes plural) a proposed, usually tentative idea for doing something
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
an outline, sketch, etc
(in perspective drawing) any of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision and between the eye and object depicted
verb
to form a plan (for) or make plans (for)
(tr) to make a plan of (a building)
(tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to have in mind as a purpose; intend
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
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of plan1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The plan by the infrastructure minister is being challenged in the courts.
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".
He was devastated and worried that he would have to curtail plans of a dream wedding and honeymoon with fiancƩe Lara Russell.
"The urban planning of Mogadishu was highly structured."
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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When To Use
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 donāt have a plan. A plan doesnāt 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.
- Used in a sentence: We planned a surprise party for my dad.
- Used in a sentence: She couldnāt go hiking with us because she had already made plans to travel to California.
- 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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