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   Plan

   /plan/

   

   noun

   • 1. a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something: "the UN peace plan" Similar schemeplan of actionideamaster plangame planproposalpropositionploysuggestionprojectprogramsystemmethodprocedurestrategystratagemformularecipescenarioarrangementscheduleagendawaymeansmeasuretactictackplotdevicemaneuverrusearchaic:shift
   • ▪ a program that facilitates the regular payment of contributions toward a pension, savings account, or insurance policy: "a personal pension plan"
   • 2. an intention or decision about what one is going to do: "I have no plans to retire" Similar intentionaimideaintentobjectiveobjectgoaltargethopeaspirationambition
   • 3. a detailed map or diagram: "a street plan"
   • ▪ a drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building. Similar blueprintdrawingscale drawingdiagramsketchchartmaplayoutartist's impressionillustrationrepresentationdelineationplat
   • ▪ a diagram showing how something will be arranged: "look at the seating plan"

   verb

   • 1. decide on and arrange in advance: "they were planning a trip to Egypt" Similar organizearrangework outthink outdesignline upoutlinesketch outmap outchalk outdraftpreparescheduleprogramformulateframeprojectdevelopset upfix upshapebuilddeviseconcoctcontriveplotschemecook uphatchbrewmastermindorchestratechoreographslaterare:excogitateintendmake plansaimproposemeanbe resolvedhave in mindhopewantwishdesirecontemplateenvisageforeseeenvisionexpectformal:purpose
   • 2. design or make a plan of (something to be made or built): "they were planning a garden" Similar designdraw up a plan ofmake a drawing ofdraw up a layout ofsketch outmake a map ofmap outmake a representation ofplat

   Word Origin mid 17th century: partly from French plan ‘drawing, sketch’, from earlier plant, from planter to plant (see plant), and partly from French plan ‘plane surface’, from plan, adjective (see plane1). Compare with plant.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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