Plan Definition
plăn
planned, planning, plans
noun
plans
An orderly or step-by-step conception or proposal for accomplishing an objective.
A plan for improving math instruction.
American Heritage
A scheme or program for making, doing, or arranging something; project, design, schedule, etc.
Webster's New World
A proposed or intended course of action.
Had no plans for the evening.
American Heritage
A drawing or diagram showing the arrangement in horizontal section of a structure, piece of ground, etc.
Webster's New World
A systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline.
A seating plan; the plan of a story.
American Heritage
verb
planned, planning, plans
To make a plan of (a structure, piece of ground, etc.)
Webster's New World
To devise a scheme for doing, making, or arranging.
Webster's New World
To make plans.
Webster's New World
To have in mind as a project or purpose.
Webster's New World
To draw or make a graphic representation of.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
affix
Webster's New World
pronoun
(nautical, military) The People's Liberation Army Navy.
Wiktionary
(US) A particular standardized examination taken by high-school students.
Wiktionary
Origin of Plan
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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 plat- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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