Pronunciations (9)
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/plæn/
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- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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[pleən]
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[plɛən]
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/plan/
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- British
- Northern-England
- Scotland
- Southern
- Standard
- Wales
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/plæːn/
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- Australia
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[pleːn]
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[plɛːn]
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/plɛn/
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- New-Zealand
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plæn
Noun
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.
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The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
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He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
Sweet darling, don't you know somewhere / In the land where plans are made / Someone has written a story / Put down the pen and turn the page
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Life is what happens to you / While you're busy making other plans
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.
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Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
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The simple plan, / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can.
A subscription to a service.
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a phone plan
an Internet plan
Verb
To design (a building, machine, etc.).
Usage- Transitive
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The architect planned the building for the client.
To create a plan for.
Usage- Transitive
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They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
To intend.
Usage- Intransitive
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He planned to go, but work intervened.
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It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
To make a plan.
Usage- Intransitive
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They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
Noun
a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
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they drew up a six-step plan
they discussed plans for a new bond issue
an arrangement scheme
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the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
it was an excellent design for living
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a plan for seating guests
scale drawing of a structure
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the plans for City Hall were on file
Verb
have the will and intention to carry out some action
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He plans to be in graduate school next year
The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion
make plans for something
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He is planning a trip with his family
make or work out a plan for; devise
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They contrived to murder their boss
design a new sales strategy
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plan an attack