plan
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noun \ˈplan\Definition of PLAN
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: a drawing or diagram drawn on a plane: as a : a top or horizontal view of an object b : a large-scale map of a small area
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: an orderly arrangement of parts of an overall design or objective
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: a detailed program (as for payment or the provision of some service) <pension plan>
— plan·less \-ləs\ adjective
— plan·less·ly adverb
— plan·less·ness noun
See Examples of PLAN
- the army's plan of attack
- We need to agree on a plan of action.
- Our plan was to have the guests park on the street, not the lawn.
- When we met them at the restaurant, they said there had been a change of plan.
- He changed his long-distance plan.
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Synonyms: arrangement, blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, master plan, program, project, road map, scheme, strategy, system
Related Words: collusion, conspiracy, plot; contrivance, device, gambit, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick; counterplan, counterstrategy; means, tactic, technique, way; procedure, protocol; conception, idea, projet, proposal, specific(s), specification(s); aim, intent, intention, purpose; diagram, formula, layout, map, pattern, platform, policy, recipe, setup
Synonym Discussion of PLAN
plan, design, plot, scheme, project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation <plans for a house>. design often suggests a particular pattern and some degree of achieved order or harmony <a design for a new dress>. plot implies a laying out in clearly distinguished sections with attention to their relations and proportions <the plot of the play>. scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest <a scheme to defraud the government>. project often stresses imaginative scope and vision <a project to develop the waterfront>.
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