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Noun[edit]
master plan (plural master plans)
- A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself.
- 1969, “The Creator Has a Master Plan”, in Karma, performed by Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas:
- The creator has a master plan / Peace and happiness for every man
- 2014 July 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014:
- "Of course, this wasn't part of some master plan. I impulsively used my vast power to do something nice without thinking it through. And then something I didn't expect happened. Even though I should have expected it."
- 2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Dr. Eric Green […] likens the pangenome to a new kind of bodywork manual for automotive repair shops. Whereas before, every mechanic only had the design specs for one kind of car, now there is a master plan that covers different makes and models.
- (architecture) A small-scale graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a project.
Translations[edit]
a comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy
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a graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a building project
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