Plan

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
 * 3) A 2-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.

Verb

 * 1)  To design a building, machine, etc.
 * 2)  To create a plan for.
 * 3)  To intend.

Adjectives for Plan
architectural; hazy; delectable; comprehensive; ill-contrived; parricidal;; extempore; logical; homely; deferred; startling; intricate; makeshift; deliberate; concerted; showy; ambitious; feasible; cherished; immediate; tentative; denominational; trivial; careful; elaborate; insecure; sundry (plural); inscrutable; execrable; frugal; mercenary; eternal;  complicated;  primitive; frantic; oft-advanced; definite; extended; weird; detailed; welfare; harmonious; enthusiastic; proved; insurrectionary; simple; daring; grandiose; unproductive; long-concealed; tyrannical; far-trumpeted; solid; subtle; clean-cut; different; merchandising; unbelievable; profit-sharing; odd; cooperative; sensational; thrilling; guaranteed; confidential; startling; unusual; powerful; business; stimulating; certified; mail-order; ex-, elusive; helpful; money-making; sales; new; easy; amazing; premium; business-building; selling; unique; coupon; original; complete; astounding; trade; starting; consistent; uttered; foolish; futile; extensive; complex; ultra-modern; vacation; treacherous; rational; intimate; exclusive; pensive; equitable; sagacious; low; time; payment; quixotic; indivisible; cohesive; philanthropic; meritorious; respective; apparent; eternal; widespread; treadmill; miscarried; nefarious; strict; consecutive; first-mentioned; coercive; expensive; melodramatic; best-laid; far-seeing; earnest; educational; strategic; standard; maternal;

Verbs for Plan
abandon—; adopt—; advance—; analyze—; bolster—; broach—; buttress—; clarify—; concoct—; contemplate—; crystallize—; de¬feat—; design—; detail—; devise—; discard—; disclose—; divulge—; draft—; embark upon—; enact—; endorse—; engross in—; evolve—; expound—; foil—; formulate—; frame—; hatch out—; improvise—; inaugurate—; junk—; launch—; map out—; mull over—; obstruct—; pattern—on; promulgate—; propound—; ratify—; revamp—; reveal—; revise—; rout—; sidetrack—; snag—; sponsor—; submit—; terminate—; thwart—; upset—; veto—; withdraw—; —advocates; — coincide; -—crumbles; —embraces; —fizzles; —matures.

Adverbs for Plan
fantastically; subtly; magnificently; purposefully; zealously; methodically; tentatively; divinely; deliberately; meticulously; competently; cunningly; daintily; systematically; gloriously; architecturally; comprehensively; intricately; primitively; harmoniously; tyrannically; sensationally; confidentially; sagaciously; philanthropically; meritoriously; nefariously; strategically.

Thesaurus
aim, aim at, alphabet, ambition, anagnorisis, anatomy, angle, animus, anticipate, approach, architectonics, architecture, argument, arrange, arrangement, art, aspiration, aspire after, aspire to, atmosphere, attempt, await, background, be after, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, beget, blueprint, breed, bring forth, bring into being, build, building, business, calculate, call into being, cast, catalog, catalogue raisonne, catastrophe, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, clear for action, clear the decks, codify, coin, color, come, come on, commitment, complication, composition, conceive, conception, concert, concoct, conformation, constitution, construction, contemplate, continuity, contract, contrivance, contrive, conventional representation, cook up, coordinate, counsel, course of action, creation, cure, cut out, dance notation, deal, delineate, delineation, demonstration, denouement, depiction, depictment, deploy, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, destine, determination, determine, develop, development, device, devise, diagram, discover, drama, draw near, draw on, drawing, dream up, dress, drive at, effect, effort, engagement, engender, enterprise, envisage, envision, episode, evolve, exemplification, expect, fable, fabric, fabricate, fabrication, falling action, fashion, fashioning, figuration, figure, fix, fix up, fixed purpose, forecast, foresee, foretell, forethink, forging, form, format, formation, formula, frame, frame up, function, game plan, generate, get ready, getup, gimmick, give being to, give rise to, go for, graph, ground plan, harbor a design, harmonize, hatch, have every intention, hieroglyphic, hope, iconography, idea, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, improvise, incident, intend, intendment, intent, intention, invent, lay down, lay out, lay plans, layout, letter, lie ahead, limning, line, local color, logogram, logograph, look for, look forward to, loom, make, make a projection, make arrangements, make do with, make preparations, make ready, make up, makeup, making, manufacture, map, map out, mature, mean, meaning, means, method, methodize, mind, mint, mobilize, mold, molding, mood, motif, motive, movement, musical notation, mythos, near, nisus, normalize, notation, notion, object, obligation, operation, orderliness, organic structure, organism, organization, organize, originate, outline, pack, pack the deal, pattern, patterning, peripeteia, physique, pictogram, picturization, plan ahead, platform, plot, point, policy, portraiture, portrayal, prearrange, preconcert, preconsider, precontrive, predesign, predetermine, predict, prefigurement, premeditate, preorder, prep, prepare, preresolve, presentment, pretreat, printing, procedure, process, procreate, production, program, project, projection, prophesy, proposal, propose, proposition, prospectus, provide, purport, purpose, put in shape, rationalize, ready, ready up, realization, recognition, regularize, regulate, rendering, rendition, representation, resolution, resolve, rig, rising action, routinize, sake, scenario, schedule, schema, schematize, scheme, score, script, secondary plot, set, set up, settle, settle preliminaries, setup, sew up, shape, shaping, sketch, slant, spawn, stack the cards, standardize, story, strategy, strike out, striving, structure, structuring, study, subject, subplot, switch, syllabary, symbol, synchronize, system, systematize, tablature, table, table of contents, tan, task, tectonics, texture, thematic development, theme, think, think out, think up, threaten, tissue, tone, topic, treat, trim, try out, tune, tune up, twist, undertaking, venture, view, warp and woof, way, weave, web, will, work, work out, work out beforehand, work up, writing, action, adjust, affair,

Etymology
< plan: < plan:, a later form of the vernacular plain: <  planus:; see plain, plane.

Synonyms

 * : floor plan

Derived terms

 * battleplan
 * floor plan
 * business plan
 * development plan
 * marketing plan
 * game plan
 * contingency plan
 * action plan
 * escalation plan
 * lesson plan
 * price plan
 * rate plan
 * planner
 * plan out

Related terms

 * (2-dimensional drawing of a building) blueprint

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 設計圖, 设计图
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: kaava, kaavapiirros
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Japanese: 設計図, 図解
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 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: خطة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 計劃, 计划
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi: योजना, प्रोग्राम
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 計画,
 * Korean: 계획 (計劃)
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 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: pohjakaava, pohjapiirros
 * French:
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 * Polish:
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 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: tloris
 * Swahili:
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Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (schediázo)
 * Japanese: 設計する (せっけいする, sekkeisuru),
 * Mandarin:
 * Polish: projektować


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: разрабатывать, разработать
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: projektera
 * Turkish: planlamak


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 計劃, 计划 (jìhuà)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (schediázo)
 * Hungarian:


 * Interlingua: projectar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 計画する (けいかくする, keikaku suru)
 * Korean: 계획하다 (gyehoekhada)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: планировать (planírovat’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: van plan zijn,
 * Finnish: suunnitella, aikoa, kaavailla
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (schediázo)
 * Hindi: प्रोग्राम बनाना


 * Icelandic: ætla
 * Japanese: つもりである
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: načrtovati
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) A set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
 * 2) A technical drawing.
 * 3) A detailed map.

Derived terms

 * stadsplan
 * van plan zijn

Noun

 * 1) plan
 * 2) map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.)

Adjective

 * 1) planar

Adjective
plan


 * 1) planar

Noun

 * 1) plan
 * 2) set (scenery for a film or play)

Noun

 * 1) plan

Noun

 * 1) plan
 * 2) intention
 * 3)  mood
 * 4) * Vamos en plan rómantico.
 * 5) ** We’re going in a romantic mood.

Etymology
From planus

Related terms

 * llano
 * planificar
 * planificación
 * plana, plano
 * planilla
 * plantilla

Adjective

 * 1) Flat; horizontal (of a surface).

Noun

 * 1)  a plane; flat surface.
 * 2) a plane; level of existence
 * 3) * astralplan
 * 4) ** astral plane
 * 5) an aeroplane

Synonyms

 * flygplan

Noun

 * 1) a drawing showing how to construct a building, machine, etc.
 * 2) a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

Derived terms

 * planera
 * planering
 * planlägga
 * stadsplan