plan

n.

1. A scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective: a plan of attack.
2. A proposed or tentative project or course of action: had no plans for the evening.
3. A systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline: a seating plan; the plan of a story.
4. A drawing or diagram made to scale showing the structure or arrangement of something.
5. In perspective rendering, one of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision between the viewer and the object being depicted.
6. A program or policy stipulating a service or benefit: a pension plan.

v., planned, plan·ning, plans.

v.tr.

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

v.intr.

To make plans.

[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.]

planner plan'ner n.

SYNONYMS  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.

Organized sequence of predetermined actions management has chosen to complete future organizational objectives. Planning is one of the primary responsibilities of organizational managers.

noun

1. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something: blueprint, design, game plan, idea, layout, project, schema, scheme, strategy. See planned/unplanned.
2. A method used in dealing with something: approach, attack, course, line, modus operandi, procedure, tack, technique. See means.
3. Systematic arrangement and design: method, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, system, systematization, systemization. See order/disorder.

verb

1. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay¹, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See planned/unplanned.
2. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, intend, mean¹, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional mind. See planned/unplanned, purpose/purposelessness.
3. To set the time for (an event or occasion): schedule, time. See time.
4. To work out and arrange the parts or details of: blueprint, design, lay out, map (out), set out. See planned/unplanned.

In addition to the idiom beginning with plan, also see best-laid plans.

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v

Definition: think out; prepare in advance
Antonyms: forget, ignore, neglect

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n

Program of action.

1. A two-dimensional graphic representation of the design, horizontal dimensions of a building, and location, as seen in a horizontal plane viewed from above, in contrast to a graphical representation representing a vertical plane (such as a section, 2 or an elevation, 1). See center-hall plan, city plan, cruciform plan, community plan, floor plan, four-square plan, gable-front-and-wing plan, gable-front plan, Georgian plan, ground plan, hall-and-parlor plan, hall-house plan, H-plan, linear plan, L-plan, one-room plan,

plan

open plan, Penn plan, Quaker plan, reflected ceiling plan, side-hall plan, single-room plan, three-room plan, T-plan, two-room plan, U-plan.
2. When used in the plural, a set of drawings, including elevations and sections, that collectively define a building.
3. See city plan and town plan.

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A small-scale map that records in the form of a drawing the disposition and arrangement of visible features and items within a site or excavation trench projected as a horizontal plane. As such, plans form one of the most important elements in documenting and recording the examination of archaeological deposits.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

v.t.

To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.

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IN BRIEF: An intended action or design, goal. Also: A drawing or diagram showing an outline or parts of something.

Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. — Steven Wright

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plan, fremgangsmåde, disposition
v. tr. - planlægge, have i sinde
v. intr. - lægge planer

idioms:

• plan out    planlægge

Nederlands (Dutch)
plattegrond, reeks voorgenomen handelingen, intentie, schema, schets, doel, van plan zijn, beramen, ontwerpen, plannen

Français (French)
n. - plan, projet, (Archit, Constr, Tech) plan, plan (d'un livre), plan (d'une carte)
v. tr. - élaborer, préparer, planifier, prévoir, préméditer, (Archit, Constr) concevoir, faire le plan de, (Mil) organiser, projeter
v. intr. - prévoir, s'attendre à faire/à qch, compter faire/sur qch

idioms:

• plan out    définir, arrêter, planifier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Plan, Entwurf
v. - entwerfen, planen

idioms:

• plan out    ausklügeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχέδιο, πλάνο, σκαρίφημα, προσχέδιο, σχεδιάγραμμα, πρόγραμμα, χρονοδιάγραμμα (κν. πλάνο), χάρτης
v. - σχεδιάζω, καταστρώνω, σχεδιαγραφώ, προγραμματίζω

idioms:

• plan out    καταστρώνω με κάθε λεπτομέρεια

Italiano (Italian)
proporsi, progettare, intenzione, progetto, pianta, piano

idioms:

• plan out    escogitare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - plano (m), planta (f)
v. - planejar

idioms:

• plan out    planejar

Русский (Russian)
планировать, план, намерение

idioms:

• plan out    определять, планировать

Español (Spanish)
n. - intención, plan, proyecto, boceto, esquema, diseño, plano
v. tr. - planificar, proyectar, planear, idear, tramar, discurrir
v. intr. - proponerse, hacer el plano de

idioms:

• plan out    planear detalladamente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plan, utkast, sätt, system
v. - planera, rita en plan, ha för avsikt, tänka framåt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
计划, 打算, 方案, 图纸, 意欲, 设计

idioms:

• plan out    策划

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 計劃, 打算, 方案, 圖紙
v. tr. - 計劃, 意欲, 設計
v. intr. - 計劃, 打算

idioms:

• plan out    策劃

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 계획, 평면도
v. tr. - 계획하다, 궁리하다
v. intr. - 계획을 세우다, ~할 작정이다

idioms:

• plan out    면밀히 계획하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 計画, 設計図, 地図, やり方
v. - 計画する, 設計図をかく, 設計する

idioms:

• plan out    計画する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خريطه لمبنى او مدينه, تصميم, رسم بياني, مشروع (فعل) يرسم خريطه, يعتزم, ينوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תוכנית, תרשים, שרטוט, לוח אירועים מתוכננים, מפת עיר או איזור‬
v. tr. - ‮שרטט, היתווה, תכנן‬
v. intr. - ‮עשה תוכניות‬

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plan	business plan
House Plan	simple plan