plan

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Verb 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adjective 4 German 4.1 Adjective 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Related terms 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Adjective 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 See also 7.3.2 Synonyms 7.4 Noun 7.4.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

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

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• Rhymes: -æn

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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, 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 can be developed, executed, implemented, etc.

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• (drawing of a building from above): floor plan

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• battleplan
• floor plan
• business plan
• development plan
• marketing plan
• game plan
• contingency plan
• action plan
• escalation plan
• lesson plan
• price plan
• rate plan

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• (2-dimensional drawing of a building) blueprint

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to 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 builidng 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.

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• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

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• planner
• plan out

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[edit] External links

• plan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• plan in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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• IPA: /plɑn/

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plan n. (plural plannen, diminutive plannetje, diminutive plural plannetjes)

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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• stadsplan
• van plan zijn

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plan

1. First person singular present tense and imperative of plannen.

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /plɑ̃/, SAMPA: /plA~/
• Homophones: plans

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plan m.

1. plan

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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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plȃn m. (Cyrillic spelling пла̑н)

1. plan

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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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• llano
• planificar
• planificación
• plana f., plano m.

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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

1. Flat; horizontal (of a surface).

Inflection for plan	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	plan	planet	plan	planen
Genitive	plans	planets	plans	planens

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plan n.

1. (mathematics) Plane; flat surface.
2. Plane; level of existence.
   • astralplan
     • astral plane
3. Aeroplane.

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• sluttande plan
• lutande plan

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• (aeroplane) flygplan

Inflection for plan	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	plan	planen	planer	planerna
Genitive	plans	planens	planers	planernas

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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.

[edit] Derived terms

• planera
• planering
• planlägga
• stadsplan