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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
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
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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