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plan

/plæn/

Smotix Dictionary

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."
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."
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."
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
A subscription to a service.
"a phone plan"

To design (a building, machine, etc.).
"The architect planned the building for the client."
To create a plan for.
"They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month."
To intend.
"He planned to go, but work intervened."
To make a plan.
"They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies."