Synonyms for plan
plænplan

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1. plannoun

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

2. plannoun

   To design a building, machine, etc.

   The architect planned the building for the client.

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

3. plannoun

   To create a plan for.

   They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

4. plannoun

   To intend.

   Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

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1. plan

   Design refers to the adaptation of means to an end, the correspondence and coordination of parts, or of separate acts, to produce a result; intent and purpose overleap all particulars, and fasten on the end itself. Intention is simply the more familiar form of the legal and philosophical intent. Plan relates to details of form, structure, and action, in themselves; design considers these same details all as a means to an end. The plan of a campaign may be for a series of sharp attacks, with the design of thus surprising and overpowering the enemy. A man comes to a fixed intention to kill his enemy; he forms a plan to entrap him into his power, with the design of then compassing his death; as the law can not read the heart, it can only infer the intent from the evidences of design. Intent denotes a straining, stretching forth toward an object; purpose simply the placing it before oneself; hence, we speak of the purpose rather than the intent or intention of God. We hold that the marks of design in nature prove it the work of a great Designer. Intention contemplates the possibility of failure; purpose looks to assured success; intent or intention refers especially to the state of mind of the actor; purpose to the result of the action. Compare AIM; CAUSE; IDEA; MODEL.

   Synonyms:
   aim, design, device, end, end, final cause, intent, intention, object, project, proposal, purpose, scheme

   Preposition:
   The design of defrauding; the design of a building; a design for a statue.

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1. Plannoun

   Synonyms:
   Scheme, draught, delineation, plot, sketch, project, design, contrivance, device. See Scheme.

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1. plan, program, programmenoun

   a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

   "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"

   Synonyms:
   broadcast, political program, curriculum, political platform, programme, program, computer programme, architectural plan, course of study, platform, computer program, syllabus, design

2. design, plannoun

   an arrangement scheme

   "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"

   Synonyms:
   intention, aim, program, design, figure, designing, programme, excogitation, conception, pattern, blueprint, intent, invention, architectural plan, innovation, purpose

3. plan, architectural planverb

   scale drawing of a structure

   "the plans for City Hall were on file"

   Synonyms:
   design, architectural plan, programme, program

4. plan, be afterverb

   have the will and intention to carry out some action

   "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"

   Synonyms:
   project, design, contrive, be after

5. planverb

   make plans for something

   "He is planning a trip with his family"

   Synonyms:
   project, design, contrive, be after

6. plan, project, contrive, designverb

   make or work out a plan for; devise

   "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

   Synonyms:
   throw, see, protrude, design, visualize, figure, excogitate, jut, forge, propose, cast, externalise, image, project, devise, fancy, visualise, stick out, invent, contrive, send off, picture, envision, jut out, externalize, formulate, be after

7. design, planverb

   make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form

   "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

   Synonyms:
   design, project, contrive, be after

Matched Categories

1. • Arrangement
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Idea
   • Intend
   • Think

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1. plannoun

   Synonyms:
   draft, sketch, plot, drawing, map, chart

2. plannoun

   Synonyms:
   scheme, project, system, method, device, design, contrivance, proposal, proposition

3. planverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate, figure, represent, mark out, chalk out, sketch out

4. planverb

   Synonyms:
   devise, contrive, scheme, project, plot, invent, design, concoct, digest, lay out, prepare, hatch

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1. plannoun

   Synonyms:
   diagram, draught

2. planverb

   Synonyms:
   scheme, project, intend, devise, contrive, design, purpose

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1. List of paraphrases for "plan":

   scheme, plans, regime, plane, piano, planning, level, blueprint, schemes, pattern, programme, map, project, planned, terms, roadmap, planu, system, program, regimes, intention, schedule, planar, design, outline, workplan, programmes

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How to use plan in a sentence?

1. Robert Ndetei:

   If you don’t plan properly, if you don’t do proper environmental impact assessments, then you are doomed to fail and at the Nairobi National Park this could lead to more lions and other animals coming into contact with a growing human presence.

2. Zach Teutsch:

   As long as the financial plan indicates it's a good idea, I encourage clients to give money to their favorite causes, to kids, to live well when they're alive and can enjoy it, if you help somebody buy a house [for example], you get a lot of enjoyment out of that.

3. The Mark Zuckerberg-led company:

   Approaching market research in a responsible way is really important. Transparency and handling peoples information responsibly have guided how weve built Study from Facebook, we plan to take this same approach going forward with other market research projects that help us understand how people use different products and services.

4. Walsh Jennings:

   I don't like to speculate, because anything can happen, but I will say that April (Ross) and I are going to the Olympics to win and we are doing everything we can to set ourselves up for success, the level of play for beach volleyball for men and women is insanely high. There are no easy matches. In order to win this gold medal, April and I need to be extraordinary and that's what we plan to do.

5. Angela Benedicto:

   She is making enough money to provide for her family, her dream is to help other young girls to know how to sew. She has a plan to give back to the community.