Dictionary
plan
Pronunciation: (plan), [key]
—n., v., planned, plan•ning.
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n.
1. a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance:
battle plans.
2. a design or scheme of arrangement:
an elaborate plan for seating guests.
3. a specific project or definite purpose:
plans for the future.
4. 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. a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram:
a plan of the dock area.
6. (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.
7. a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.:
a pension plan.
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v.t.
1. to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding):
to plan a new recreation center.
2. to make plans for:
to plan one's vacation.
3. to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.
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v.i.
to make plans:
to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement. plan-
var. of
plano- 1 before a vowel:
planate. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
