plan

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• COUNT in NET: 43 in 42 verses (in OT : 32 in 31 verses) (in NT : 11 in 11 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

plan, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "God's plans like lines pure and white unfold."  [1913 Webster]
•  A method; a way of procedure; a custom.  [1913 Webster]

  "The simple plan,
  That they should take who have the power,
  And they should keep who can."  [1913 Webster]

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

Syn. -- Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.

plan, v. t. 

•  To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.  [1913 Webster]
•  To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.  [1913 Webster]

  "Even in penance, planning sins anew."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plan, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a formulated and esp. detailed method by which a thing is to be done; a design or scheme. b an intention or proposed proceeding (my plan was to distract them; plan of campaign).
2 a drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, esp. showing a building or one floor of a building (cf. ELEVATION).
3 a large-scale detailed map of a town or district.
4 a a table etc. indicating times, places, etc. of intended proceedings. b a scheme or arrangement (prepared the seating plan).
5 an imaginary plane perpendicular to the line of vision and containing the objects shown in a picture.
--v. (planned, planning)
1 tr. (often foll. by that + clause or to + infin.) arrange (a procedure etc.) beforehand; form a plan (planned to catch the evening ferry).
2 tr. a design (a building, new town, etc.). b make a plan of (an existing building, an area, etc.).
3 tr. (as planned adj.) in accordance with a plan (his planned arrival; planned parenthood).
4 intr. make plans.

Idiom

planning permission Brit. formal permission for building development etc., esp. from a local authority. plan on colloq. aim at doing; intend.

Derivative

planning n.

Etymology

F f. earlier plant, f. It. pianta plan of building: cf. PLANT

DEVIL DICTIONARY

plan

v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

plan

Plan

N plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.

VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.

Arrangement

N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.

Conduct

N conduct, behavior, deportment, comportment, carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance, dealing, transaction, business, tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship, strategy, strategics, plan, management, husbandry, housekeeping, housewifery, stewardship, menage, regime, economy, economics, political economy, government, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding, role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating, method, path, conducting, strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.

Journey

N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.

Information

N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.

Representation

N representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.