plan

plan-

Use plan in a sentence

A couple pointing to blueprint plans.

noun

The definition of a plan is a document, program or diagram that shows how to proceed.
An example of a plan is a list of tasks for accomplishing a project.

verb

To plan is defined as to develop a scheme or program to get something done.
An example of to plan is a teacher coming up with the curriculum for her class.

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plan

a drawing or diagram showing the arrangement in horizontal section of a structure, piece of ground, etc.
1. a scheme or program for making, doing, or arranging something; project, design, schedule, etc.
2. a method of proceeding
any outline or sketch
in perspective, any of several planes thought of as perpendicular to the line of sight and between the eye and the object

Origin of plan

Fr, plan, plane, foundation: merging of plan ( from Classical Latin planus: see plain) with Middle French plant from Italian pianta from Classical Latin planta, sole of the foot: see plant

transitive verb

planned, plan′ning

to make a plan of (a structure, piece of ground, etc.)
to devise a scheme for doing, making, or arranging
to have in mind as a project or purpose

to make plans

plan-

plano- (sense ): used before a vowel

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plan

noun

An orderly or step-by-step conception or proposal for accomplishing an objective: a plan for improving math instruction.
A proposed or intended course of action: had no plans for the evening.
A systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline: a seating plan; the plan of a story.
A drawing or diagram made to scale showing the structure or arrangement of something.
In perspective rendering, one of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision between the viewer and the object being depicted.
A program or policy stipulating a service or benefit: a pension plan.

verb

planned, plan·ning, plans

verb

transitive

To formulate a scheme or program for the accomplishment, enactment, or attainment of: plan a campaign.
To have as a specific aim or purpose; intend: They plan to buy a house.
To draw or make a graphic representation of.

verb

intransitive

To make plans.

Origin of plan

French alteration ( influenced by plan flat surface ) of plant ground plan, map from planter to plant from Latin plantāre from planta sole of the foot ; see plat- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

plan′ner
noun

plan-

prefix

Variant of plano-

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plan

plan blueprint design project scheme strategy

These nouns denote a method or program in accordance with which something is to be done or accomplished: has no vacation plans; a blueprint for reorganizing the company; social conventions of human design; an urban-renewal project; a new scheme for conservation; a strategy for survival.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.