'Plan' definitions:
Definition of 'plan'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: plan, program, programme]
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" [syn: design, plan]
noun
Scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan]
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" [syn: plan, be after]
verb
Make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"
verb
Make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
verb
Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: design, plan]
Definition of 'Plan'
From: GCIDE
- Plan \Plan\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M. R. Smith. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. [1913 Webster]
- The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plan'
From: GCIDE
- Plan \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. [1913 Webster]
- Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plan'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- adjust,
- affair,
- aim,
- aim at,
- alphabet,
- ambition,
- anagnorisis,
- anatomy,
- angle,
- animus,
- anticipate,
- approach,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- arrange,
- arrangement,
- art,
- aspiration,
- aspire after,
- aspire to,
- atmosphere,
- attempt,
- await,
- background,
- be after,
- be destined,
- be fated,
- be imminent,
- be to be,
- be to come,
- beget,
- blueprint,
- breed,
- bring forth,
- bring into being,
- build,
- building,
- business,
- calculate,
- call into being,
- cast,
- catalog,
- catalogue raisonne,
- catastrophe,
- charactering,
- characterization,
- chart,
- choreography,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- codify,
- coin,
- color,
- come,
- come on,
- commitment,
- complication,
- composition,
- conceive,
- conception,
- concert,
- concoct,
- conformation,
- constitution,
- construction,
- contemplate,
- continuity,
- contract,
- contrivance,
- contrive,
- conventional representation,
- cook up,
- coordinate,
- counsel,
- course of action,
- creation,
- cure,
- cut out,
- dance notation,
- deal,
- delineate,
- delineation,
- demonstration,
- denouement,
- depiction,
- depictment,
- deploy,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- design,
- desire,
- destine,
- determination,
- determine,
- develop,
- development,
- device,
- devise,
- diagram,
- discover,
- drama,
- draw near,
- draw on,
- drawing,
- dream up,
- dress,
- drive at,
- effect,
- effort,
- engagement,
- engender,
- enterprise,
- envisage,
- envision,
- episode,
- evolve,
- exemplification,
- expect,
- fable,
- fabric,
- fabricate,
- fabrication,
- falling action,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- figuration,
- figure,
- fix,
- fix up,
- fixed purpose,
- forecast,
- foresee,
- foretell,
- forethink,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- formula,
- frame,
- frame up,
- function,
- game plan,
- generate,
- get ready,
- getup,
- gimmick,
- give being to,
- give rise to,
- go for,
- graph,
- ground plan,
- harbor a design,
- harmonize,
- hatch,
- have every intention,
- hieroglyphic,
- hope,
- iconography,
- idea,
- ideogram,
- illustration,
- imagery,
- imaging,
- improvise,
- incident,
- intend,
- intendment,
- intent,
- intention,
- invent,
- lay down,
- lay out,
- lay plans,
- layout,
- letter,
- lie ahead,
- limning,
- line,
- local color,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- loom,
- make,
- make a projection,
- make arrangements,
- make do with,
- make preparations,
- make ready,
- make up,
- makeup,
- making,
- manufacture,
- map,
- map out,
- mature,
- mean,
- meaning,
- means,
- method,
- methodize,
- mind,
- mint,
- mobilize,
- mold,
- molding,
- mood,
- motif,
- motive,
- movement,
- musical notation,
- mythos,
- near,
- nisus,
- normalize,
- notation,
- notion,
- object,
- obligation,
- operation,
- orderliness,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- organize,
- originate,
- outline,
- pack,
- pack the deal,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- peripeteia,
- physique,
- pictogram,
- picturization,
- plan ahead,
- platform,
- plot,
- point,
- policy,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- prearrange,
- preconcert,
- preconsider,
- precontrive,
- predesign,
- predetermine,
- predict,
- prefigurement,
- premeditate,
- preorder,
- prep,
- prepare,
- preresolve,
- presentment,
- pretreat,
- printing,
- procedure,
- process,
- procreate,
- production,
- program,
- project,
- projection,
- prophesy,
- proposal,
- propose,
- proposition,
- prospectus,
- provide,
- purport,
- purpose,
- put in shape,
- rationalize,
- ready,
- ready up,
- realization,
- recognition,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- rig,
- rising action,
- routinize,
- sake,
- scenario,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematize,
- scheme,
- score,
- script,
- secondary plot,
- set,
- set up,
- settle,
- settle preliminaries,
- setup,
- sew up,
- shape,
- shaping,
- sketch,
- slant,
- spawn,
- stack the cards,
- standardize,
- story,
- strategy,
- strike out,
- striving,
- structure,
- structuring,
- study,
- subject,
- subplot,
- switch,
- syllabary,
- symbol,
- synchronize,
- system,
- systematize,
- tablature,
- table,
- table of contents,
- tan,
- task,
- tectonics,
- texture,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- think,
- think out,
- think up,
- threaten,
- tissue,
- tone,
- topic,
- treat,
- trim,
- try out,
- tune,
- tune up,
- twist,
- undertaking,
- venture,
- view,
- warp and woof,
- way,
- weave,
- web,
- will,
- work,
- work out,
- work out beforehand,
- work up,
- writing
Words containing 'Plan'
- Planned,
- Planning,
- Body plan,
- Contribution plan,
- Floor plan,
- Ground plan,
- On the European plan,
- Sheer plan,
- american plan,
- architectural plan,
- battle plan,
- bermuda plan,
- city planning,
- commission plan,
- continental plan,
- european plan,
- family planning,
- game plan,
- hotel plan,
- installment plan,
- keogh plan,
- marshall plan,
- master plan,
- meal plan,
- pension plan,
- plan of action,
- plan of attack,
- planned community,
- planning board,
- planning commission,
- retirement plan,
- secret plan,
- time plan,
- town planning,
- travel plan,
- urban planning,
- 401-k plan,
- employee savings plan,
- modified american plan,
- natural family planning,
- open-plan,
- retirement savings plan,
- stock purchase plan,
- well-planned,
- Half-breadth plan,
- employee stock ownership plan,
- ovulation method of family planning,
- basal body temperature method of family planning,
- divided divided up shared shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose