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noun

Plan n.

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."

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."

Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.

Synonyms: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.

verb

Plan v. t. (past & past part. planned; pres. part. 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."

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Etymology of 'Plan'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plan" Quotes from Famous Books

... detachment of cavalry, who, by the light of the moon, had passed the river in a fordable place; and it was not without the utmost efforts of courage and conduct, that he was able to effect his retreat towards the hilly country. The undaunted general had already formed a new and judicious plan of defensive war; and the strong lines, which he was preparing to construct between the mountains, the Pruth, and the Danube, would have secured the extensive and fertile territory that bears the modern name of Walachia, from the destructive inroads of the Huns. [60] But the hopes ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon

... a mistri on board the serang's boat who is used to working in ships—a khalasi from Gujarat. He might do something on board your Excellency's ship. If this vessel sank, according to the plan, the Firangi would not be able to get aboard the others, and they would have time ...

— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang

... 1876, to violate the constitution by securing his reelection, the people were prepared by their earlier experiences and by the rule of Juarez to defend their constitutional rights. A widespread rebellion headed by Diaz broke out. In the so-called "Plan of Tuxtepec" the revolutionists declared themselves in favor of the principle of absolutely no reelection. Meantime the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court handed down a decision that the action of the Congress in sustaining the President was ...

— The Hispanic Nations of the New World - Volume 50 in The Chronicles Of America Series • William R. Shepherd

... was leading," said the Minor Poet. "Woman has been appointed by Nature the trustee of the children. It is her duty to think of them, to plan for them. If in marriage she does not take the future into consideration, she is untrue to ...

— Tea-table Talk • Jerome K. Jerome

... I begin my story certain details of our plan, which created much schism among ourselves. In the first place, what should be the Fixed Period? When a party of us, three or four hundred in number, first emigrated from New Zealand to Britannula, we were, almost all of us, young ...

— The Fixed Period • Anthony Trollope

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