plan

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[edit] Etymology

From French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”); see plain, plane.

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plan (plural plans)

  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 2-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.

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  • A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.

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terms derived from plan (noun)

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  • (2-dimensional drawing of a building) blueprint

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technical drawing
set of intended actions
2-dimensional drawing from above
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plan (third-person singular simple present plans, present participle planning, simple past and past participle planned)

  1. (transitive) To design a building, machine, etc.
    The architect planned the building for the client.
  2. (transitive) To create a plan for.
    They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
  3. (transitive) To intend.
    He planned to go, but work intervened.
    I was planning on going, but something came up.

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to design
to create a plan for
to intend
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plan n. (plural plannen, diminutive plannetje)

  1. A set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
  2. A technical drawing.
  3. A detailed map.

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plan

  1. first-person singular present indicative of plannen.
  2. imperative of plannen.

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plan m. (plural plans)

  1. plan
  2. map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.)

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plan m. (f. plane, m. plural plans, f. plural planes)

  1. planar

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plan

  1. planar

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plan m.

  1. plan
  2. set (scenery for a film or play)

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    declension of plan
singular plural
nominative plan plany
genitive planu planów
dative planowi planom
accusative plan plany
instrumental planem planami
locative planie planach
vocative planie plany

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /plâːn/

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plȃn m. (Cyrillic spelling пла̑н)

  1. plan

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    declension of plan
singular plural
nominative plȃn plȁnovi
genitive plana planova
dative planu planovima
accusative plan planove
vocative plane planovi
locative planu planovima
instrumental planom planovima

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From Latin planus

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plan m. (plural planes)

  1. plan
  2. intention
  3. (colloquial) mood
    • Vamos en plan rómantico.
      • We’re going in a romantic mood.

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plan

  1. Flat; horizontal (of a surface).

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Declension of plan
Inflections of
plan		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common plan planare planast
Neuter plant
Definite
singular		 Masc. plane planaste
All plana planaste
Plural plana planaste

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plan n.

  1. (mathematics) a plane; flat surface.
  2. a plane; level of existence
    • astralplan
      • astral plane
  3. an aeroplane

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Declension of plan
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative plan planet plan planen
genitive plans planets plans planens

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plan c.

  1. a drawing showing how to construct a building, machine, etc.
  2. a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

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Declension of plan
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative plan planen planer planerna
genitive plans planens planers planernas

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