Dictionary entry details
• PLAN (noun)
Meaning:
A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
plan; program; programme
Context examples:
they drew up a six-step plan / they discussed plans for a new bond issue
Hypernyms ("plan" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plan"):
pension account; pension plan; retirement account; retirement plan; retirement program; retirement savings account; retirement savings plan (a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement)
employee savings plan (a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer)
guideline; road map (a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action)
stock purchase plan (an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock)
budget (a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them)
agenda; docket; schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)
project; projection (a planned undertaking)
regime; regimen ((medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet))
audit program; audit programme (a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit)
outline; schema; scheme (a schematic or preliminary plan)
master plan (a long-term outline of a project or government function)
blueprint; design; pattern (something intended as a guide for making something else)
plan of action (a plan for actively doing something)
Meaning:
An arrangement scheme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
design; plan
Context examples:
the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult / it was an excellent design for living / a plan for seating guests
Hypernyms ("plan" is a kind of...):
arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plan"):
configuration; constellation (an arrangement of parts or elements)
layout (a plan or design of something that is laid out)
snare; trap (something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares)
hotel plan; meal plan (a plan and a room rate for providing meals to guests at a hotel)
Meaning:
Scale drawing of a structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
architectural plan; plan
Context example:
the plans for City Hall were on file
Hypernyms ("plan" is a kind of...):
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plan"):
elevation (drawing of an exterior of a structure)
floor plan (scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation)
• PLAN (verb)
Meaning:
Have the will and intention to carry out some action
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
plan; be after
Context examples:
He plans to be in graduate school next year / The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion
Hypernyms (to "plan" is one way to...):
intend; mean; think (have in mind as a purpose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plan"):
go for; hope (intend with some possibility of fulfilment)
aim; aspire; draw a bead on; shoot for (have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal)
think out (consider carefully and rationally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They plan to move
Meaning:
Make plans for something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
He is planning a trip with his family
Hypernyms (to "plan" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plan"):
schedule (make a schedule; plan the time and place for events)
lay out (provide a detailed plan or design)
direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize (plan and direct (a complex undertaking))
designate; destine; intend; specify (design or destine)
scheme (devise a system or form a scheme for)
plot (plan secretly, usually something illegal)
compose; draw up; frame (make up plans or basic details for)
project; propose (present for consideration)
chart (plan in detail)
schedule (plan for an activity or event)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue plan the movie
Meaning:
Make or work out a plan for; devise
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
contrive; design; plan; project
Context examples:
They contrived to murder their boss / design a new sales strategy / plan an attack
Hypernyms (to "plan" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plan"):
concert (contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement)
map; map out (plan, delineate, or arrange in detail)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They plan to move
Meaning:
Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
design; plan
Context examples:
design a better mousetrap / plan the new wing of the museum
Hypernyms (to "plan" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plan"):
engineer (design as an engineer)
redesign (design anew, make a new design for)
blueprint; draft; draught (make a blueprint of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
