Sekirov Dictionary

plan

/plæn/

noun 5
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 5

noun5

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a set of steps that someone decides to take in order to reach a goal
- He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
A subscription to a service.
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A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
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A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
- Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
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A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- The simple plan, / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can. — 1815

verb4

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To create a plan for.
- They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
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To intend.
- He planned to go, but work intervened.
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To make a plan.
- They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
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To design (a building, machine, etc.).
- The architect planned the building for the client.

forms

planned · planning · plans

Phrases with plan

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