plan

/plæn/

noun

  1. 1

    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.

    The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
  2. 2

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

    He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
  3. 3

    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.

    Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
  4. 4

    A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

  5. 5

    A subscription to a service.

    a phone plan

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

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

    The architect planned the building for the client.
  2. 2

    To create a plan for.

    They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
  3. 3

    To intend.

    He planned to go, but work intervened.
  4. 4

    To make a plan.

    They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.

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