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plan

plan
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [plan]
    • /plæn/
    • /plæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [plan]
    • /plæn/

Definitions of plan word

  • noun plan a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. 1
  • noun plan a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests. 1
  • noun plan a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future. 1
  • noun plan Also called plan view. a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building. 1
  • noun plan a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area. 1
  • noun plan (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye. 1

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Origin of plan

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
1670-80; < French: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, noun use of the adj.: flat, plane1, learned borrowing of Latin plānus level (cf. plain1)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Plan

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

plan popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

plan usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for plan

verb plan

  • accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
  • angle — An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
  • authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
  • authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.

noun plan

  • action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
  • adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
  • agenda — You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda.
  • aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
  • apercu — outline

Antonyms for plan

noun plan

  • accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
  • adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
  • aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
  • chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  • circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.

verb plan

  • ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
  • adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • chance it — take a chance or risk

Top questions with plan

  • how to write a business plan?
  • how to plan a wedding?
  • how effective is plan b?
  • how does plan b work?
  • how much i plan b?
  • how much is plan b?
  • how to make a business plan?
  • what was the marshall plan?
  • how much does plan b cost?
  • i love it when a plan comes together?

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