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- 1 A surname.
- 2 Abbreviation of People's Liberation Army Navy The national navy of the People's Republic of China. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 A particular standardized examination taken by high-school students. US
- 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.
"The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available."
- 2 scale drawing of a structure wordnet
- 3 A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
"He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control."
- 4 an arrangement scheme wordnet
- 5 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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- 6 a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished wordnet
- 7 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."
- 8 A subscription to a service.
"a phone plan"
- 1 To design (a building, machine, etc.). transitive
"The architect planned the building for the client."
- 2 make plans for something wordnet
- 3 To create a plan for. transitive
"They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month."
- 4 have the will and intention to carry out some action wordnet
- 5 To intend. intransitive
"He planned to go, but work intervened."
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- 6 make or work out a plan for; devise wordnet
- 7 To make a plan. intransitive
"They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies."
Etymology
From French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Compare plane, plain.
From French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Compare plane, plain.
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