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noun
1.
a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
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a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests.
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a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future.
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Also called plan view. a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building.
5.
EXPANDa representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area.
verb (used with object)
8.
to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center.
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to make plans for: to plan one's vacation.
10.
to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.
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Unplanned
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object)
11.
to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.
Origin:
1670–80; < French: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, noun use of the adj.: flat, plane1, learned borrowing of Latin plānus level (compare plain1)
1670–80; < French: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, noun use of the adj.: flat, plane1, learned borrowing of Latin plānus level (compare plain1)
Related forms
plan·less, adjective
plan·less·ly, adverb
plan·less·ness, noun
mis·plan, verb, mis·planned, mis·plan·ning.
out·plan, verb (used with object), out·planned, out·plan·ning.
EXPANDo·ver·plan, verb, o·ver·planned, o·ver·plan·ning.
pre·plan, verb, pre·planned, pre·plan·ning.
re·plan, verb (used with object), re·planned, re·plan·ning.
un·der·plan, noun
un·der·plan, verb (used with object), un·der·planned, un·der·plan·ning.
un·plan, verb (used with object), un·planned, un·plan·ning.
well-planned, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. plot, formula, system. Plan, project, design, scheme imply a formulated method of doing something. Plan refers to any method of thinking out acts and purposes beforehand: What are your plans for today? A project is a proposed or tentative plan, often elaborate or extensive: an irrigation project. Design suggests art, dexterity, or craft (sometimes evil and selfish) in the elaboration or execution of a plan, and often tends to emphasize the purpose in view: a misunderstanding brought about by design. A scheme is apt to be either a speculative, possibly impracticable, plan, or a selfish or dishonest one: a scheme to swindle someone. 4. sketch, draft, diagram, chart. 8. design, devise, plot.
1. plot, formula, system. Plan, project, design, scheme imply a formulated method of doing something. Plan refers to any method of thinking out acts and purposes beforehand: What are your plans for today? A project is a proposed or tentative plan, often elaborate or extensive: an irrigation project. Design suggests art, dexterity, or craft (sometimes evil and selfish) in the elaboration or execution of a plan, and often tends to emphasize the purpose in view: a misunderstanding brought about by design. A scheme is apt to be either a speculative, possibly impracticable, plan, or a selfish or dishonest one: a scheme to swindle someone. 4. sketch, draft, diagram, chart. 8. design, devise, plot.
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Word Origin & History
plan
1678, "drawing, sketch, or diagram of any object," from Fr. plan "ground plan, map," lit. "plane surface" (1553), from L. planum "level or flat surface," n. use of adj. planus "level, flat" (see plane (1)). The notion is of "a drawing on a flat surface." Meaning "scheme of
EXPANDaction, design" is first recorded 1706, possibly infl. by Fr. planter "to plant," from It. planta "ground plan." The verb is first recorded 1728. Planned economy is attested from 1931. Planned Parenthood (1942) formerly was Birth Control Federation of America. Phrase planned obsolescence is attested from 1966. Planner "book or device that enables one to plan" is attested from 1971.
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