English > plan: 7 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished. |
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| Examples | - "they drew up a six-step plan"
- "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
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| Synonyms | program, programme |
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| Narrower | agenda, docket, schedule | A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to |
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| audit program, audit programme | A listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit |
| blueprint, design, pattern | Something intended as a guide for making something else |
| budget | A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them |
| employee savings plan | A plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer |
| master plan | A long-term outline of a project or government function |
| outline, schema, scheme | A schematic or preliminary plan |
| pension plan, pension account, retirement plan, retirement savings plan, retirement savings account, retirement account, retirement program | A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
| plan of action | A plan for actively doing something |
| project, projection | A planned undertaking |
| regimen, regime | (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) |
| road map, guideline | A detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards / standards or determining a course of action |
| stock purchase plan | An organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
| Broader | idea, thought | The content of cognition |
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| Spanish | plan, programa |
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| Catalan | pla, programa |
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| Verbs | plan | make plans for something |
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| plan | make or work out a plan for |
English > plan: 7 senses > verb 2, cognition| Meaning | make plans for something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
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| Model | Sam and Sue plan the movie |
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| Example | "He is planning a trip with his family" |
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| Narrower | chart | plan in detail |
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| frame, compose, draw up | Make up plans or basic details for |
| intend, destine, designate, specify | design or destine |
| lay out | Provide a detailed plan / plan or design |
| mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
| plot | plan secretly, usually something illegal |
| project, propose | Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. |
| schedule | plan for an activity or event |
| schedule | make a schedule / schedule |
| scheme | devise a system or form a scheme for |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
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| Spanish | planear, planificar |
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| Catalan | planejar, planificar |
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| Nouns | plan | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished |
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| plan | an arrangement scheme |
| planner | a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc. |
| planner | a person who makes plans |
| planning | an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action |
