What (who) is PLAN - definition
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PLAN; P L A N; P. L. A. N.; Plans (disambiguation); P.L.A.N.
plan
OUTLINE OF A STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE
Plans
I
n.
1) to concoct, devise a plan
2) to draw up, formulate, map out a plan
3) to make plans
4) to outline; unveil a plan
5) to accept; carry out, execute, implement a plan; to put a plan into operation
6) to present, propose a plan
7) to foil, frustrate, thwart; reject; shelve a plan
8) a brilliant, ingenious; complicated, elaborate; feasible; grandiose, sweeping; impracticable; impractical; realistic; secret; well-laid, well-thought-out plan
9) a contingency; five-year; long-term; master; security; short-term plan
10) (on) the installment plan (AE; BE has hire-purchase)
11) a flight; floor plan
12) a health plan ('health insurance'); a pension, retirement plan
13) an easy-payment plan
14) a plan calls for (smt.)
15) plans materialize
16) a plan for
17) a plan to + inf. (the mayor had a plan to reduce traffic congestion)
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to plan for (to plan for one's old age)
2) (d; intr.) to plan on (to plan on early retirement)
3) (E) we plan to visit them soon
4) (Q) they planned very carefully how they would accomplish their mission
PLAN
OUTLINE OF A STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE
Plans
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plan
OUTLINE OF A STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF AN OBJECTIVE
Plans
(plans, planning, planned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A plan is a method of achieving something that you have worked out in detail beforehand.
The three leaders had worked out a peace plan...
...a detailed plan of action for restructuring the group...
He maintains that everything is going according to plan.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, also according to N
2.
If you plan what you are going to do, you decide in detail what you are going to do, and you intend to do it.
If you plan what you're going to eat, you reduce your chances of overeating...
He planned to leave Baghdad on Monday...
It would be difficult for schools to plan for the future...
I had been planning a trip to the West Coast...
A planned demonstration has been called off by its organisers.
VERB: V wh, V to-inf, V for n, V n, V-ed
3.
If you have plans, you are intending to do a particular thing.
'I'm sorry,' she said. 'I have plans for tonight.'
N-PLURAL: usu with supp, oft N for n/-ing, N to-inf
4.
When you plan something that you are going to make, build, or create, you decide what the main parts of it will be and do a drawing of how it should be made.
We are planning a new kitchen.
VERB: V n
5.
A plan of something that is going to be built or made is a detailed diagram or drawing of it.
...when you have drawn a plan of the garden.
N-COUNT: oft N of/for n
6.
see also planning
Wikipedia
Plan (disambiguation)
A plan is a set of instructions for attaining a given objective.
Plan or PLAN may also refer to:
- Planning, the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan
- Planning (cognitive), neurological processes involved in achieving a desired goal
Pronunciation examples for PLAN
1. Plan."
Wine Lover's Daughter _ Anne Fadiman & Lynn Stegner _ Talks at Google
2. plan.
The Chinese Lady _ Nancy E. Davis _ Talks at Google
3. plan .
A Sincere Look at Your Own Mortality _ Randall Macon _ Talks at Google
4. plan.
How to Cage the Monkey Mind _ Tim Ferriss _ Talks at Google
5. plan.
Escape from Cubicle Nation _ Pamela Slim _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of PLAN
1. The Carrington plan, the Vance plan, the Zagreb–4 plan, the Cutilheiro plan, the Vance–Owen peace plan, the Owen–Stoltenberg plan and the Contact Group plan all consequently failed to stop the war.
2. Plan, plan, plan, and have a post–Olympic plan from the first moment," she advises future host cities such as London.
3. What‘s plan B?" Huston÷ "There is no plan B, Steve.
4. "This plan cant just be a plan for Wall Street, it has to be a plan for Main Street.
5. Davis acknowledges that the prescription drug plan is "not a perfect plan" but says Democrats didn‘t offer a plan.