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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plan \Plan\, noun [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See {Plain}, adjective]
1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M. R. Smith.
3. 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. --Wordsworth.
{Body plan}, {Floor plan}, etc. See under {Body}, {Floor}, etc.
Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See {Scheme}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plan \Plan\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Planned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planning}.]
1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
plan
noun
1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: {program}, {programme}]
2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: {design}]
3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: {architectural plan}]
verb
1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: {be after}]
2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"
3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: {project}, {contrive}, {design}]
4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: {design}] [also: {planning}, {planned}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
365 Moby Thesaurus words for "plan": action, adjust, affair, 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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
PLAN Programming LANguage Nineteen hundred. The {assembly language} for {ICL 1900} series computers. (1995-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
.plan See {plan file}.
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
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