plan
• noun 1 a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. 2 an intention or decision about what one is going to do. 3 a scheme for the regular payment of contributions towards a pension, insurance policy, etc. 4 a map or diagram. 5 a scale drawing of a horizontal section of a building. • verb (planned, planning) 1 decide on and arrange in advance. 2 (plan for) make preparations for. 3 make a plan of (something to be made or built). — DERIVATIVES planner noun. — ORIGIN French, from earlier plant ‘ground plan, plane surface’.
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