PLAN

plan, architectural plan

(noun) scale drawing of a structure; “the plans for City Hall were on file”

design, plan

(noun) an arrangement scheme; “the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult”; “it was an excellent design for living”; “a plan for seating guests”

plan, program, programme

(noun) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; “they drew up a six-step plan”; “they discussed plans for a new bond issue”

plan

(verb) make plans for something; “He is planning a trip with his family”

plan, be after

(verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action; “He plans to be in graduate school next year”; “The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion”

plan, project, contrive, design

(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise; “They contrived to murder their boss”; “design a new sales strategy”; “plan an attack”

design, plan

(verb) make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; “design a better mousetrap”; “plan the new wing of the museum”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

plan (plural plans)

A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc, with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.

A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.

Synonym: floor plan

A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

A subscription to a service.

Usage notes

• A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.

Verb

plan (third-person singular simple present plans, present participle planning, simple past and past participle planned)

(transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).

(transitive) To create a plan for.

(intransitive) To intend.

(intransitive) To make a plan.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs

Proper noun

PLAN

(nautical, military) The People's Liberation Army Navy.

(US) A particular standardized examination taken by high-school students.

Source: Wiktionary

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Plan, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]

1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.

2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition. God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. M. R. Smith.

3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Wordsworth. Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.

Syn.

– Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.

Plan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planned; p. pr. & vb. n. Planning.]

1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. Even in penance, planning sins anew. Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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