Meanings
plan1
nounplan (plural plans)
plural plans
- 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.
Synonyms: design, scheme, chart, design, diagram, map, graph, graphic
- 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.
2 more examples
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
1977, The Originals, “Been Decided”, in Down to Love TownLife is what happens to you / While you're busy making other plans
1980, John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)”, in Double FantasySynonyms: design, scheme, blueprint, design, plot, project, proposal, scheme
- 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.
Synonyms: floor plan
verbplan (third-person singular simple present plans, present participle planning, simple past and past participle planned)
present singular third person plans · participle present planning · participle past planned · past planned
- transitiveTo create a plan for.
They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
- intransitiveTo intend.
He planned to go, but work intervened.
1 more example
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.
2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848 - intransitiveTo make a plan.
They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
Plan2
proper noun
- A surname.
PLAN3
proper noun
- abbreviationgovernmentAbbreviation of People's Liberation Army Navy The national navy of the People's Republic of China.
- USA particular standardized examination taken by high-school students.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
nounA set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
nounA 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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More synonyms by meaning
nouna series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
verbmake or work out a plan for; devise
Broader
create by mental actcreate mentally
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinplantāre“set, fix in place”
- Frenchplant
- Latinplānus
- Frenchplan“flat surface, ground plot, map”
- Englishplan
Borrowed 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”). Doublet of llano, piano, plane, and plain.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μέλλω
- μέλλω (méllō)to intend
Arabic خِطَّة, خُطَّة
- خِطَّة (ḵiṭṭa)set of intended actions — see also project
- خُطَّة (ḵuṭṭa)set of intended actions — see also project
- خطة (ḵeṭa)set of intended actions — see also project
- خَطَّطَ (ḵaṭṭaṭa)to create a plan for
- نَوَى (nawā)to intend
- بلانيto intend
Bulgarian черте́ж, схе́ма
- черте́ж (čertéž)technical drawing
- схе́ма (shéma)technical drawing
- план (plan)set of intended actions — see also project
- план (plan)subscription plan
- зами́слям (zamísljam)to design
- плани́рам (planíram)to create a plan for
- възнамеря́вам (văznamerjávam)to intend
Catalan pla, pla
- platechnical drawing
- plaset of intended actions — see also project
- pla2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- planejarto create a plan for
- planejarto intend
Chinese Cantonese 設計圖 /设计图, 計劃 /计划
- 設計圖 /设计图 (cit³ gai³ tou⁴)technical drawing
- 計劃 /计划 (gai³ waak⁶)set of intended actions — see also project
- 平面圖 /平面图2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
Chinese Mandarin 設計圖 /设计图, 計劃 /计划
- 設計圖 /设计图 (shèjìtú)technical drawing
- 計劃 /计划 (jìhuà)set of intended actions — see also project
- 平面圖 /平面图 (píngmiàntú)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- 設計 /设计 (shèjì)to design
- 計劃 /计划 (jìhuà)to create a plan for
- 打算 (dǎsuàn)to intend
Czech plán, plán
- plántechnical drawing
- plánset of intended actions — see also project
- půdorys2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- plánovatto create a plan for
- naplánovatto create a plan for
- plánovatto intend
Danish plan, plan
- plantechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- plan2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- planlæggeto create a plan for
Dutch schema, ontwerp
- schematechnical drawing
- ontwerptechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- ontwerp2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- plan2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- ontwerpento design
- ontwerpento create a plan for
- plannento create a plan for
- van plan zijnto intend
- plannento intend
Esperanto plano, plani
- planoset of intended actions — see also project
- planito intend
Estonian plaan
- plaanset of intended actions — see also project
Finnish kaava, kaavapiirros
- kaavatechnical drawing
- kaavapiirrostechnical drawing
- suunnitelmaset of intended actions — see also project
- pohjakaava2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- pohjapiirros2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- liittymäsubscription plan
- suunnitellato design
- kaavaillato design
- suunnitellato create a plan for
- kaavaillato create a plan for
- suunnitellato intend
- aikoato intend
- kaavaillato intend
- meinatato intend
- varautuato make a plan
French schéma, plan
- schématechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- projetset of intended actions — see also project
- plan2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- forfait mobilesubscription plan
- projeterto create a plan for
- prévoirto intend
- penserto intend
- avoir l'intentionto intend
- planifierto intend
German Plan, Plan
- Plantechnical drawing
- Planset of intended actions — see also project
- Plan2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- Tarifsubscription plan
- anlegento design
- planento design
- planento create a plan for
- planento intend
- vorhabento intend
- planento make a plan
Greek σχέδιο, σχέδιο
- σχέδιο (schédio)technical drawing
- σχέδιο (schédio)set of intended actions — see also project
- σχέδιο (schédio)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- σχεδιάζω (schediázo)to design
- σχεδιάζω (schediázo)to create a plan for
- σχεδιάζω (schediázo)to intend
Hawaiian papa hoʻolālā
- papa hoʻolālāset of intended actions — see also project
Hebrew תוכנית \ תָּכְנִית, תוכנית \ תָּכְנִית
- תוכנית \ תָּכְנִית (tokhnít)technical drawing
- תוכנית \ תָּכְנִית (tokhnít)set of intended actions — see also project
- תִּכְנֵן (tikhnén)to intend
- יזםto intend
Hindi मापचित्र, नक़्शा
- मापचित्र (māpcitra)technical drawing
- नक़्शा (naqśā)technical drawing
- प्लैन (plain)technical drawing
- योजना (yojnā)set of intended actions — see also project
- प्रोग्राम (progrām)set of intended actions — see also project
- प्लैन (plain)set of intended actions — see also project
- तदबीर (tadbīr)set of intended actions — see also project
- मापचित्र (māpcitra)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- प्रोग्राम बनाना (progrām banānā)to intend
Hungarian tervrajz, terv
- tervrajztechnical drawing
- tervset of intended actions — see also project
- felülnézet2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- tervezto design
- tervezto create a plan for
- tervezto intend
Icelandic áætlun, ætla
- áætlunset of intended actions — see also project
- ætlato intend
Indonesian denah, rancangan
- denahtechnical drawing
- rancangantechnical drawing
- rencanaset of intended actions — see also project
- rancanganset of intended actions — see also project
- langganansubscription plan
- merancangto design
- berencanato create a plan for
- merencanakanto create a plan for
- merancangto create a plan for
- berencanato intend
- berniatto intend
Iranian Persian پِلان, پْلان
- پِلان (pelân)technical drawing
- پْلان (plân)technical drawing
- نَقْشِه (naġše)technical drawing
- پِلان (pelân)set of intended actions — see also project
- پْلان (plân)set of intended actions — see also project
- طَرْح (tarh)set of intended actions — see also project
- نَقْشِه (naġše)set of intended actions — see also project
- تَدْبیر (tadbir)set of intended actions — see also project
Irish plean
- pleanset of intended actions — see also project
Italian piano, programma
- pianoset of intended actions — see also project
- programmaset of intended actions — see also project
- progettoset of intended actions — see also project
- progettareto design
- progettareto create a plan for
- pianificareto create a plan for
- architettareto create a plan for
- inventareto create a plan for
- pianificareto intend
- organizzarsito intend
- avere in animoto intend
Japanese 設計図, 図解
- 設計図 (sekkeizu)technical drawing
- 図解 (zukai)technical drawing
- 計画 (keikaku)set of intended actions — see also project
- プラン (puran)set of intended actions — see also project
- 平面図 (heimenzu)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- 設計する (sekkei suru)to design
- 計画する (keikaku suru)to design
- つもりである (tsumori de aru)to intend
Korean 설계도, 도해
- 설계도 (seolgyedo)technical drawing
- 도해 (dohae)technical drawing
- 계획 (gyehoek)set of intended actions — see also project
- 평면도 (pyeongmyeondo)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- 계획하다 (gyehoekhada)to create a plan for
- 의도하다 (uidohada)to intend
- 작정하다 (jakjeonghada)to intend
Latin cōnsilium
- cōnsiliumset of intended actions — see also project
Latvian plāns
- plānsset of intended actions — see also project
Lithuanian planas, sumanymas
- planasset of intended actions — see also project
- sumanymasset of intended actions — see also project
Malay merancang
- merancangto create a plan for
Māori hoahoa, mahere
- hoahoatechnical drawing
- mahereset of intended actions — see also project
- mahereto create a plan for
Norwegian Bokmål plan, planlegge
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- planleggeto create a plan for
Polish schemat, abrys
- schemattechnical drawing
- abrystechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- plan2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- projektowaćto design
- zaprojektowaćto design
- planowaćto create a plan for
- zaplanowaćto create a plan for
- obmyślaćto create a plan for
- nosić się z zamiaremto create a plan for
- nosić się z myśląto create a plan for
- zamyślaćto create a plan for
- zamierzaćto create a plan for
- planowaćto intend
- zaplanowaćto intend
Portuguese planta, plano
- plantatechnical drawing
- planoset of intended actions — see also project
- planta2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- planearto design
- planejarto design
- planearto create a plan for
- planejarto create a plan for
- pretenderto intend
- tencionarto intend
Romanian plan, proiect
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- proiectset of intended actions — see also project
Russian план, чертёж
- план (plan)technical drawing
- чертёж (čertjóž)technical drawing
- схе́ма (sxéma)technical drawing
- план (plan)set of intended actions — see also project
- план (plan)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- чертёж (čertjóž)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- разраба́тывать (razrabátyvatʹ)to design
- разрабо́тать (razrabótatʹ)to design
- плани́ровать (planírovatʹ)to create a plan for
- сплани́ровать (splanírovatʹ)to create a plan for
- заплани́ровать (zaplanírovatʹ)to create a plan for
- плани́ровать (planírovatʹ)to intend
- сплани́ровать (splanírovatʹ)to intend
- заплани́ровать (zaplanírovatʹ)to intend
- собира́ться (sobirátʹsja)to intend
- собра́ться (sobrátʹsja)to intend
- намерева́ться (namerevátʹsja)to intend
Slovak plán, plánovať
- plánset of intended actions — see also project
- plánovaťto create a plan for
Spanish plano, plan
- planotechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- plano2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- planearto create a plan for
- planearto intend
- pensarto intend
- pretenderto intend
Swahili ramani, mpango
- ramanitechnical drawing
- mpangoset of intended actions — see also project
- mkakatiset of intended actions — see also project
Swedish plan, plan
- plantechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- plan2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- projekterato design
- planerato create a plan for
- planerato intend
Tamil திட்டம், திட்டம்
- திட்டம் (tiṭṭam)technical drawing
- திட்டம் (tiṭṭam)set of intended actions — see also project
- திட்டம் (tiṭṭam)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- திட்டம் (tiṭṭam)subscription plan
Thai แบบแปลน, ผัง
- แบบแปลน (bɛ̀ɛp-bplɛɛn)technical drawing
- ผัง (pǎng)technical drawing
- แผน (pɛ̌ɛn)set of intended actions — see also project
- แผนงาน (pɛ̌ɛn-ngaan)set of intended actions — see also project
- แปลน (bplɛɛn)set of intended actions — see also project
- พิมพ์เขียว (pim-kǐao)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- ผัง (pǎng)2-dimensional drawing from above — see also layout
- วางแผน (waang-pɛ̌ɛn)to create a plan for
- วางแผนการto create a plan for
Turkish plan, plan
- plantechnical drawing
- planset of intended actions — see also project
- planlamakto design
Ukrainian план, кре́слення
- план (plan)technical drawing
- кре́слення (kréslennja)technical drawing
- схе́ма (sxéma)technical drawing
- план (plan)set of intended actions — see also project
- планува́ти (planuváty)to create a plan for
- спланува́ти (splanuváty)to create a plan for
Urdu نَقْشَہ, نَقْشَہ
- نَقْشَہ (naqśa)technical drawing
- نَقْشَہ (naqśa)set of intended actions — see also project
- تَدْبِیر (tadbīr)set of intended actions — see also project
Vietnamese kế hoạch
- kế hoạchset of intended actions — see also project
Welsh arfaeth
- arfaethset of intended actions — see also project
Yiddish פּלאַן, פּלאַנעווען
- פּלאַן (plan)set of intended actions — see also project
- פּלאַנעווען (planeven)to create a plan for
Zulu isakhiwo, icebo
- isakhiwotechnical drawing
- iceboset of intended actions — see also project
- isuset of intended actions — see also project
- iqhingaset of intended actions — see also project
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with plan
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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