plan P₃L₁A₁N₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.

   “The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.”

2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

   “He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.”

3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.

   “Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.”

4. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

Verb 4 meanings

1. To design (a building, machine, etc.).

   “The architect planned the building for the client.”

2. To create a plan for.

   “They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.”

3. To intend.

   “He planned to go, but work intervened.”

4. To make a plan.

   “They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.”

Similar and opposite words

• ALAN₄
• CLAN₆
• ELAN₄
• CALLAN₈
• RAGLAN₇
• FLAN₇
• ULAN₄
• POLLAN₈
• CASTELLAN₁₁
• GAMELAN₁₀
• DOOLAN₇
• SOLAN₅

• PLAY₉
• ALAN₄
• CLAN₆
• PLAT₆
• ELAN₄
• FLAN₇
• ULAN₄
• PAAN₆
• PIAN₆
• PEAN₆
• PLAP₈