Definition of plan in English:

plan

nounPlural plans planplæn

1A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
the UN peace plan
Example sentencesExamples
- If the proposed plans go ahead there is a very real danger that the closure of this business will lead to the loss of this unique service.
- Negotiations in both villages are to take place to see if those plans can be achieved.
- He said the only way of achieving the plan would be to identify areas where costs could be cut while ensuring care in areas of clinical necessity.
- While on the university level the plans were achieved, not all the proposed schools were opened.
- There is a lot of extra cost if an application has to be heard under both an operative and a proposed plan at the same time.
- There's a lot of concern about the way it's been waged, and the fact that there's no plan to achieve peace.
- These are both goal-oriented symbols, which speak to us of making plans in order to achieve our desires.
- Members are also likely to call for more detailed plans of the other proposed measures, in readiness for public consultation.
- All three have said they proposed to approve the plans, subject to the Secretary of State's views.
- Why is it that theoretical plans and practical achievements in the Scottish health service are incapable of marrying up?
- A council spokesman said the proposal was part of plans to cut more than 2,000 surplus school places.
- The plans will also include proposals for a tsunami warning system.
- He said a consultancy will be awarded soon to look at existing system and formulate plans for fixing it.
- Such reviews would establish if the plan is actually achieving its initial aims.
- The plan failed to achieve a simple majority of the Ankara parliament in a knife-edge vote on Saturday.
- According to a defence analyst here, he is close to achieving a plan already worked out when he was elected 10 months ago.
- The city council says the policy is no longer consistent with what it wants to achieve in its plan.
- Lancashire County Council offered to help draw up detailed plans using their proposals.
- This will allow residents to look at detailed plans for the proposals and speak to council officers about how they will be implemented.
- The plan proposes to rehabilitate the sewer system in the area and to upgrade the infrastructure in and around the river.
Synonyms
scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda
way, means, measure, tactic, tack, plot, device, manoeuvre, ruse
archaic shift
1. 1.1with modifier A scheme for the regular payment of contributions towards a pension, savings account, or insurance policy.
  a personal pension plan
  Example sentencesExamples
  An easy payment plan is available for those wishing to pay to monthly installments.
  Today you are far more likely to have your own personal pension plan or ‘money purchase’ scheme at work.
  Regular payment plans are available allowing you to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
  An excuse many of us give for failing to save is that we plan to use our homes as our combined savings and pension plans.
  We have a declining birth rate and increased life expectancy, along with a marked reluctance to pay into a private pension plan.
  He plans to gut social security and turn it from old age insurance to a pension plan.
  Money purchase or defined contribution plans shift the risk of providing for old age on to the employees.
  They refuse to implement a pension plan or even pay the full cost of our health insurance.
  I suggest you start contributing to a stakeholder pension plan alongside your firm's scheme.
  Have you got into the habit of making regular contributions to savings or investment plans for your children?
  Grace is a teacher and has contributed to a pension plan since the year before the marriage.
  In dollar terms, the change in contribution pension plan investment is staggering.
  Tax-efficient equity savings schemes and plans for private pension funds will soon become the norm for many countries.
  Chinese companies do not have to pay for health insurance or fund pension plans.
  The scheme, the first dental insurance plan on the Irish market, was launched at the end of May.
  Some universities use a private pension plan, so your contribution may vary.
  People do not have to be taxpayers in order to have payments into a pension plan boosted by tax relief from the Inland Revenue.
  Of course, some labs are chosen simply because of health insurance plan mandates.
  For many years, I have been contributing to a pension plan which is mainly invested in shares.
  I am in the firm's defined contribution pension plan and contribute the maximum for my age.
2An intention or decision about what one is going to do.
I have no plans to retire
Example sentencesExamples
- She has no plans to retire and dismisses the idea that writers have conventional careers.
- He said that there were no plans, intentions, desires, or need for any increases greater than inflation.
- She tends to live in the present, without any plans, ambitions or goals.
- At Dorcan School, the headteacher announced his plans to retire at the end of the summer term.
- Elderly residents at two closure-threatened care homes are to get their say in the plans before any final decisions are made.
- By tradition, we want to start the year by sharing with you our plans and intentions for the future.
- Each girl will be formally interviewed by four judges about their interests and future plans before a decision is made.
- It is understood that RTE has no plans to challenge the decision or to support any legal challenge by staff.
- But shortly after conceding defeat, a disheartened Landry announced plans to retire from politics.
- He said the three countries have no plans to make any decision on their nuclear arms program.
- As version upgrades can easily take 12 months, customers will soon have to make a decision about their future plans.
- Although he has no plans to retire in the immediate future, he is looking forward to running the place in due course.
- The mayor said that no plans or final decision had yet been made.
- Although this expat will celebrate his 60th birthday this year, he has no plans to retire any time soon.
- He told him he had no plans to appeal the decision.
- I see that Thabo will soon come to a decision on what his plans for the embattled Zuma are.
- He said he had no idea what he would be working on next but denied he had any plans to retire, despite the fact he is not a huge fan of being in front of the camera.
- He also liked to change his plans or decisions without letting me know and then, if something happened, put all the blame for the situation on me.
- Ellen has no plans to retire and hopes to be one of the happy band raising money to support Sue Ryder homes for many years to come.
- He never took advice well, believing his own plans and decisions to be superior to any other.
Synonyms
intention, aim, idea, intent, objective, object, goal, target, hope, aspiration, ambition
3A detailed map or diagram.
a street plan
Example sentencesExamples
- Vestiges of a street plan can sometimes be seen on ploughed land north-east of the amphitheatre.
- The plans should incorporate street furniture, paving, lighting and trees.
- The basic L-shaped plan wraps around a patio courtyard in the internal corner of the site.
- I am especially grateful to my daughter for her assistance in preparing the maps and plans.
- All of his six or so novels have a map as frontispiece from which one can see that much of the street plan has survived.
- In this plan, two pagodas were built in front of one Main Hall in the main courtyard.
- Oxford residents have expressed their anger at development plans on St Giles Street and at Keble College.
- The plan also includes building stops along the way in hopes of expanding in the future.
- The yellow colouring on the enclosed plan indicated the area from Furnham Road to AA.
- The point of education is not to give pupils a street plan of their local district but a putative map of the world.
- Over 170 Hilperton residents went to an open day in the village last month to look at plans proposed by the developer.
- The underlying street plans of towns like Otley were laid down centuries before motor vehicles were invented.
1. 3.1 A drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building.
  Compare with elevation (sense 3)
  Example sentencesExamples
  Reading the plans of the building again, she made sure she knew every way out of the building.
  He is scheduled to release a detailed blueprint of his plans by mid-September.
  Interestingly the original plans show the buildings supported and made level by brick piles grounded in the sloping valley side.
  It is also difficult to predict, given the limited quantity and quality of data on building plans.
  Lancaster City Council has deemed the plans for the proposed multi-million pound structure invalid.
  Members of the public will be able to track their building plans on the Internet from February 2004.
  Oral and written instructions are supplemented by plans, drawings or blueprints.
  In 1962, the local authority had approved building plans under local by-laws.
  At that time, the municipality already approved the plans for the first building.
  While drawing up plans for city centre buildings, he often helped children with their school design projects.
  Very few building plans are at a scale where internal arrangement can be properly read.
  It is a walk-in information Office to allow viewing of the plans for the proposed tourism resort.
  As per law, it is either the BMRDA or the BDA which have powers to approve the layouts and building plans.
  Since work of this type is governed by local codes, check your plans with the building department.
  Before them lay a ladder down into a musty basement that was obviously not listed on the building plans.
  One of the papers just published a plan of the layout of the house.
  With a key plan, the floor surface profile along those lines becomes useful information.
  An itemized asset list is created and geographically located on building plans.
  As far as I knew, the original building plans had disappeared a long time ago.
  Kenneth handed him the plans and explained the layout and security he'd found.
  Synonyms
  blueprint, drawing, scale drawing, diagram, sketch, chart, map, layout, artist's impression
  illustration, representation, delineation
  North American plat
2. 3.2 A diagram showing how something will be arranged.
  look at the seating plan
  Example sentencesExamples
  The seating plan for a national event is a good time to find out who's hot and who's not.
  A good friend told me that his friend, who's a school teacher, drew up a seating plan last week for her pre-teen pupils.
  All residents are urged to review their family flood plans and update their knowledge about flooding.
  Know the seating plan and etiquette before boarding the company jet.
  You can, in fact, check seating plans through airline websites - if you know how to find them.
  In addition to the price increases, Churchill Downs has changed seating plans on Oaks day.
  Householders are also being advised to prepare an escape plan from home and smokers are being warned to take special care.
  Now, if there was a prize that allowed you to set the seating plan: that would be a prize worth winning.
  I see she has the seating plan for the crematorium in her hand.
  Tonight we're chilling after sorting out the seating plan and printing out the place cards for the wedding.
  Even the seating plan, though, underlines one important reason for voter apathy.
  The seating plan was drawn up using French, the traditional language of diplomacy.
  Directors instantly knew where they were in the pecking order by a quick look at the seating plan.
  Synonyms
  preparations, plans
3. 3.3 (in the Methodist Church) a document listing the preachers for all the services in a circuit during a given period.
  Example sentencesExamples
  This page shows the preaching plan for our church for the forthcoming months.

verbplans, planning, planned planplæn

[with object]

1Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.
they were planning a trip to Egypt
with infinitive he plans to fly on Wednesday
no object we plan on getting married in the near future
Example sentencesExamples
- A tenants and residents organisation plans to create new jobs and other opportunities.
- The trick is to plan each one in advance and do something original.
- Kate plans to arrange monthly meetings with speakers and general support sessions.
- There is a system of communication to enable partners to plan their play and decide when it is appropriate to bet.
- Intel plans to start building again next year, and to start operations in the third quarter of 2003.
- After switch-over, the government plans to sell the spectrum previously used for analogue.
- He is now refurbishing the ground floor of the building and plans to open a late night bar and dance floor from Thursday to Saturday.
- There is a DJ booth and the manager plans to change the layout on the first floor to make space for a small dance floor.
- Even so, the family plans to appeal the decision so it can continue living in six caravans on the site, which it bought more than a year ago.
- Before you plan a trip, decide whether you'd rather try a wilderness lodge or a guest ranch.
- The restaurant is quite a good size but due to popularity it is essential to book in advance if you plan on having dinner there.
- Now he and his wife Laura are moving to a larger house nearby, and plan to start a programme of improvements as soon as they sell their current home.
- The key to a successful warehouse shopping experience is to plan your visit in advance.
- We therefore plan to check this possibility by putting an acetyl group on the N-terminus.
- Additionally, it is unclear how the company plans to finance the building of that site.
- The organisation plans to publish research on state childcare models in May.
- The town council plans to make a decision by the end of the year.
- This is fantastic news if you plan on making a trip to the US this year.
- All too often this leads them to neglect the very important issue of planning their development in advance.
- The program plans to offer doctoral degree education within the next two to three years.
Synonyms
organize, arrange, work out, think out, design, line up, outline, sketch out, map out, chalk out, draft, prepare, schedule, programme, formulate, frame, project, develop, set up, fix up, shape, build, devise, concoct, contrive
plot, scheme, cook up, hatch, brew, mastermind, orchestrate, choreograph
North American slate
rare excogitate
intend, make plans, aim, propose, mean, be resolved, have in mind, hope, want, wish, desire, contemplate, envisage, foresee, envision, expect
formal purpose
2Design or make a plan of (something to be made or built)
she had planned the garden from scratch
Example sentencesExamples
- Color and time of bloom are two of the most important elements to consider when planning your bulb and garden planting.
- As you plan your water garden, consider the aquatic plants you may want to include in it.
- Shortly after his arrival, he took over the project to design and plan the new Shenzhen University.
- Introductory chapters include tips on planning a garden and how to create and care for the garden.
- All you really need to learn about planning your garden is written on the package, or available from your bulb supplier.
- This view has invariably seduced architects when imaging and planning utopian cities.
- This information should be considered when you plan your garden and when you buy the plants.
- Mary is a professional landscape designer and her talk will be on interest to anyone planning a new garden or rejuvenating an old one.
- We're planning a memorial garden for archives and ashes for our friends and ourselves.
- Plan seed purchases for the fall garden when you are planning your spring garden.
- He was continuing to plan his garden during his final illness.
- The town has attracted high-tech businesses and is planning a technology zone for downtown.
- When planning your garden, it is important to know what your climate zone is and choose your plants accordingly.
- You will not only plan a design scheme but you will also put it into practice.
- It is not necessary to have only indigenous plants when planning a xeriscape design.
- Start by planning the garden based on where you'll be happiest sitting.
- I'm planning a couple of design changes to this blog, and rounded corners may well make an appearance in the new version.
- We walked for miles here, thinking very thoroughly, talking, taking hundreds of photographs, planning the design.
- A range of colours will be made known to the various groups involved when planning their designs.
- He was a gardener of note and relished planning the gardens of his acquaintances.
Synonyms
design, draw up a plan of, make a drawing of, draw up a layout of, sketch out, make a map of, map out, make a representation of
North American plat

Phrases

someone's (or the) best plan

A person's (or the) most sensible course of action.
William's best plan would be to get a job
Example sentencesExamples
- I encourage you to explore all your options and talk to several different kinds of professionals to decide your best plan of action.
- After all, your time and resources are limited, so spending them wisely, even at the cost of other areas, is going to be your best plan.
- If you're nearing retirement, you may be thinking that your best plan is to take up smoking, heavy drinking and motorcycle stunts.
- But his best plan would be to go to a team down and out at the quarterback position - Chicago, Cincinatti and Carolina come to mind - and make his own mark where the expectations are far less.
- Probably their best plan, however, is to ignore him and hope that no one will notice what he says.
- It was sunny, it was mild, and there was a delicious refreshing breeze just about all day, so it seemed our best plan would be to stay home and enjoy it.
- The Pakistan board wanted faster pitches for them but their best plan now would be to prepare turners.
- I will leave you now to start to think on this and your best plan of action.
- The task force concluded that it's best plan of action is to have a ‘lean staffing model’ in which ‘excellence’ is placed ahead of volume and compensation is, thus, high.
- But your best plan of action is to exercise self-control and do nothing.

go according to plan

Happen as one arranged or intended.
if all goes according to plan, this money can be used as seed capital for a new business
Example sentencesExamples
- But the married father-of-three, who has 22 years' experience, is confident that arrangements will go according to plan.
- For the next few years things went according to plan, and then in the year 1854, passengers on the ship Blanche were found to be suffering from cholera.
- This festive season, Sofia will be bathed in light if the decoration arrangements of the Sofia municipality go according to plan.
- The president and her family were on hand all day to make sure that everything went according to plan - even going as far as bringing umbrellas to some golfers who didn't like the rain!
- ‘After all these delays I was so pleased that I never worried, and everything went according to plan,’ he said.
- The first combination that set off brought down the telephone wires in Steeple Ashton but after that there was more room and it all went according to plan.
- Everything had been planned for and everything went according to plan.
- An East Lancashire economic leader today said that, if things went according to plan, work on the site could start within 15 months and the course could be complete in 2008.
- Security officials say everything went according to plan.
- As a project manager, I know too well that when you operate in a tight time frame, no matter how much you plan, nothing goes according to plan.

make a plan

Devise a way of overcoming difficulties.
leave it to me—I'll make a plan
Example sentencesExamples
- They waited there about an hour before the police chief finally suggested they make a plan and pay R200, which they very reluctantly did.
- The organisers should make a plan for more people to access this play.
- A school governing body member appealed to the government to make a plan for the school as they had being asking for a new school for five years.
- Just making a plan to overcome a problem often helps.
- I even dreamed of some very forward thinking individual making a plan to reintroduce large carnivores to the eastern section of the park.

plan of action (or campaign or attack)

An organized programme of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal.
Example sentencesExamples
- We spoke further and I think I helped to get him to think more positively about himself, and I helped him to formulate some basic plans of action that he needs to pursue in order to get his life back on track.
- Once you find a likely partner, formulate a plan of attack that includes long- and short-term goals you'd both like to accomplish in the gym.
- The document, however, failed to detail any environmental goals or plan of attack.
- We bring in a project manager with the expertise to assess the situation, formulate a plan of action, and get the project completed.
- With respect to the forethought phase of self-regulation, the primary participants continued to set goals and devise plans of action for navigating their college-level courses.
- We are going to meet today to decide a plan of action but we will organise a date for a public meeting at the end of August.
- He said that every company, regardless of what area it is in, should formulate a plan of action to deal with a crisis.
- I am going to do some serious rethinking about my plan of attack regarding my diet and exercise program.
- They have a common strategic aim but have no plan of action on the tactical level.
- These five goals were discussed to determine a plan of action to achieve them.
Synonyms
scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda

sounds like a plan

informal Used to express agreement with a proposal.
I'll call you later this week for confirmation? Sounds like a plan to me!
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm thinking maybe I should force myself to stay up all day and sleep tonight. Sounds like a plan huh?
- "We can go shopping or something after school." "Sounds like a plan!"
- Breakfast and a book sounds like a plan.
- "We will stop by afterwards, if we're not feeling too exhausted." "That sounds like a plan."
- Make sure you invite me when you get back! That sounds like a plan to me, Ed.
- We'll set the tape at the exact moment and no one will be the wiser. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from earlier plant 'ground plan, plane surface', influenced in sense by Italian pianta 'plan of building'. Compare with plant.

plain from Middle English:
The source of both plain and plane is Latin planus ‘flat’. Mathematicians introduced the spelling plane in the early 17th century to distinguish the geometrical uses of plain from senses such as ‘ordinary’ and ‘simple’. The sort of plane used to make wood flat is from the same source. Plane meaning ‘an aircraft’ is unconnected, and is a shortening of aeroplane. Also unconnected is the plane tree (Late Middle English), which is not flat but ‘broad’, the meaning of its Greek source platus. The plan of a building (mid 17th century), which involves putting something three-dimensional on a flat surface, is, however, related. The earlier version of the expression as plain as a pikestaff, ‘very obvious’, was as plain as a packstaff, which gives a small clue as to its origins. A packstaff was a long stick which a peddler used to carry his pack of goods for sale, which would probably have been obvious from a distance as the peddler trudged along the road. By the end of the 16th century people had started to use the current version with pikestaff, and a hundred years later it had more or less taken over. A pikestaff was a walking stick with a pointed metal tip, which possibly replaced packstaff because it sounded similar and peddlers were becoming a less familiar sight. The phrase plain sailing, ‘smooth and easy progress’, probably represents a use of plane sailing, referring to the practice of determining a ship's position on the theoretical assumption that it is moving on a plane. Plain Jane first appears in 1912, in Carnival by Compton Mackenzie. There was probably no real Jane behind the phrase, just a fortunate rhyme.

Rhymes

Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan

Definition of plan in US English:

plan

nounplænplan

1A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
the UN peace plan
Example sentencesExamples
- Negotiations in both villages are to take place to see if those plans can be achieved.
- Such reviews would establish if the plan is actually achieving its initial aims.
- Members are also likely to call for more detailed plans of the other proposed measures, in readiness for public consultation.
- The plans will also include proposals for a tsunami warning system.
- There's a lot of concern about the way it's been waged, and the fact that there's no plan to achieve peace.
- This will allow residents to look at detailed plans for the proposals and speak to council officers about how they will be implemented.
- Lancashire County Council offered to help draw up detailed plans using their proposals.
- All three have said they proposed to approve the plans, subject to the Secretary of State's views.
- He said the only way of achieving the plan would be to identify areas where costs could be cut while ensuring care in areas of clinical necessity.
- The plan failed to achieve a simple majority of the Ankara parliament in a knife-edge vote on Saturday.
- He said a consultancy will be awarded soon to look at existing system and formulate plans for fixing it.
- While on the university level the plans were achieved, not all the proposed schools were opened.
- The city council says the policy is no longer consistent with what it wants to achieve in its plan.
- According to a defence analyst here, he is close to achieving a plan already worked out when he was elected 10 months ago.
- A council spokesman said the proposal was part of plans to cut more than 2,000 surplus school places.
- If the proposed plans go ahead there is a very real danger that the closure of this business will lead to the loss of this unique service.
- These are both goal-oriented symbols, which speak to us of making plans in order to achieve our desires.
- There is a lot of extra cost if an application has to be heard under both an operative and a proposed plan at the same time.
- The plan proposes to rehabilitate the sewer system in the area and to upgrade the infrastructure in and around the river.
- Why is it that theoretical plans and practical achievements in the Scottish health service are incapable of marrying up?
Synonyms
scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda
1. 1.1with modifier A scheme for the regular payment of contributions toward a pension, savings account, or insurance policy.
  a personal pension plan
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some universities use a private pension plan, so your contribution may vary.
  Today you are far more likely to have your own personal pension plan or ‘money purchase’ scheme at work.
  Chinese companies do not have to pay for health insurance or fund pension plans.
  An easy payment plan is available for those wishing to pay to monthly installments.
  Of course, some labs are chosen simply because of health insurance plan mandates.
  Grace is a teacher and has contributed to a pension plan since the year before the marriage.
  Tax-efficient equity savings schemes and plans for private pension funds will soon become the norm for many countries.
  Money purchase or defined contribution plans shift the risk of providing for old age on to the employees.
  An excuse many of us give for failing to save is that we plan to use our homes as our combined savings and pension plans.
  Regular payment plans are available allowing you to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
  We have a declining birth rate and increased life expectancy, along with a marked reluctance to pay into a private pension plan.
  Have you got into the habit of making regular contributions to savings or investment plans for your children?
  They refuse to implement a pension plan or even pay the full cost of our health insurance.
  I am in the firm's defined contribution pension plan and contribute the maximum for my age.
  For many years, I have been contributing to a pension plan which is mainly invested in shares.
  He plans to gut social security and turn it from old age insurance to a pension plan.
  The scheme, the first dental insurance plan on the Irish market, was launched at the end of May.
  I suggest you start contributing to a stakeholder pension plan alongside your firm's scheme.
  People do not have to be taxpayers in order to have payments into a pension plan boosted by tax relief from the Inland Revenue.
  In dollar terms, the change in contribution pension plan investment is staggering.
2usually plansAn intention or decision about what one is going to do.
I have no plans to retire
Example sentencesExamples
- But shortly after conceding defeat, a disheartened Landry announced plans to retire from politics.
- He said he had no idea what he would be working on next but denied he had any plans to retire, despite the fact he is not a huge fan of being in front of the camera.
- I see that Thabo will soon come to a decision on what his plans for the embattled Zuma are.
- He also liked to change his plans or decisions without letting me know and then, if something happened, put all the blame for the situation on me.
- Ellen has no plans to retire and hopes to be one of the happy band raising money to support Sue Ryder homes for many years to come.
- As version upgrades can easily take 12 months, customers will soon have to make a decision about their future plans.
- She has no plans to retire and dismisses the idea that writers have conventional careers.
- Elderly residents at two closure-threatened care homes are to get their say in the plans before any final decisions are made.
- He told him he had no plans to appeal the decision.
- He said that there were no plans, intentions, desires, or need for any increases greater than inflation.
- She tends to live in the present, without any plans, ambitions or goals.
- Each girl will be formally interviewed by four judges about their interests and future plans before a decision is made.
- By tradition, we want to start the year by sharing with you our plans and intentions for the future.
- Although this expat will celebrate his 60th birthday this year, he has no plans to retire any time soon.
- He never took advice well, believing his own plans and decisions to be superior to any other.
- It is understood that RTE has no plans to challenge the decision or to support any legal challenge by staff.
- Although he has no plans to retire in the immediate future, he is looking forward to running the place in due course.
- At Dorcan School, the headteacher announced his plans to retire at the end of the summer term.
- He said the three countries have no plans to make any decision on their nuclear arms program.
- The mayor said that no plans or final decision had yet been made.
Synonyms
intention, aim, idea, intent, objective, object, goal, target, hope, aspiration, ambition
3A detailed map or diagram.
a street plan
Example sentencesExamples
- All of his six or so novels have a map as frontispiece from which one can see that much of the street plan has survived.
- The basic L-shaped plan wraps around a patio courtyard in the internal corner of the site.
- The underlying street plans of towns like Otley were laid down centuries before motor vehicles were invented.
- I am especially grateful to my daughter for her assistance in preparing the maps and plans.
- The point of education is not to give pupils a street plan of their local district but a putative map of the world.
- Oxford residents have expressed their anger at development plans on St Giles Street and at Keble College.
- The plan also includes building stops along the way in hopes of expanding in the future.
- The plans should incorporate street furniture, paving, lighting and trees.
- The yellow colouring on the enclosed plan indicated the area from Furnham Road to AA.
- Over 170 Hilperton residents went to an open day in the village last month to look at plans proposed by the developer.
- Vestiges of a street plan can sometimes be seen on ploughed land north-east of the amphitheatre.
- In this plan, two pagodas were built in front of one Main Hall in the main courtyard.
1. 3.1 A drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building.
  Compare with elevation (sense 3)
  Example sentencesExamples
  He is scheduled to release a detailed blueprint of his plans by mid-September.
  Before them lay a ladder down into a musty basement that was obviously not listed on the building plans.
  It is a walk-in information Office to allow viewing of the plans for the proposed tourism resort.
  In 1962, the local authority had approved building plans under local by-laws.
  Very few building plans are at a scale where internal arrangement can be properly read.
  Since work of this type is governed by local codes, check your plans with the building department.
  Reading the plans of the building again, she made sure she knew every way out of the building.
  At that time, the municipality already approved the plans for the first building.
  As per law, it is either the BMRDA or the BDA which have powers to approve the layouts and building plans.
  Oral and written instructions are supplemented by plans, drawings or blueprints.
  As far as I knew, the original building plans had disappeared a long time ago.
  Interestingly the original plans show the buildings supported and made level by brick piles grounded in the sloping valley side.
  It is also difficult to predict, given the limited quantity and quality of data on building plans.
  An itemized asset list is created and geographically located on building plans.
  Lancaster City Council has deemed the plans for the proposed multi-million pound structure invalid.
  With a key plan, the floor surface profile along those lines becomes useful information.
  While drawing up plans for city centre buildings, he often helped children with their school design projects.
  Members of the public will be able to track their building plans on the Internet from February 2004.
  Kenneth handed him the plans and explained the layout and security he'd found.
  One of the papers just published a plan of the layout of the house.
  Synonyms
  blueprint, drawing, scale drawing, diagram, sketch, chart, map, layout, artist's impression
2. 3.2 A diagram showing how something will be arranged.
  look at the seating plan
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even the seating plan, though, underlines one important reason for voter apathy.
  A good friend told me that his friend, who's a school teacher, drew up a seating plan last week for her pre-teen pupils.
  Now, if there was a prize that allowed you to set the seating plan: that would be a prize worth winning.
  I see she has the seating plan for the crematorium in her hand.
  You can, in fact, check seating plans through airline websites - if you know how to find them.
  Tonight we're chilling after sorting out the seating plan and printing out the place cards for the wedding.
  All residents are urged to review their family flood plans and update their knowledge about flooding.
  The seating plan for a national event is a good time to find out who's hot and who's not.
  Know the seating plan and etiquette before boarding the company jet.
  The seating plan was drawn up using French, the traditional language of diplomacy.
  Householders are also being advised to prepare an escape plan from home and smokers are being warned to take special care.
  In addition to the price increases, Churchill Downs has changed seating plans on Oaks day.
  Directors instantly knew where they were in the pecking order by a quick look at the seating plan.
  Synonyms
  preparations, plans

verbplænplan

[with object]

1Decide on and arrange in advance.
they were planning a trip to Egypt
with infinitive he plans to fly on Wednesday
no object we plan on getting married in the near future
we have to plan for the future
Example sentencesExamples
- The program plans to offer doctoral degree education within the next two to three years.
- The organisation plans to publish research on state childcare models in May.
- Intel plans to start building again next year, and to start operations in the third quarter of 2003.
- Now he and his wife Laura are moving to a larger house nearby, and plan to start a programme of improvements as soon as they sell their current home.
- The town council plans to make a decision by the end of the year.
- Before you plan a trip, decide whether you'd rather try a wilderness lodge or a guest ranch.
- This is fantastic news if you plan on making a trip to the US this year.
- The restaurant is quite a good size but due to popularity it is essential to book in advance if you plan on having dinner there.
- After switch-over, the government plans to sell the spectrum previously used for analogue.
- Kate plans to arrange monthly meetings with speakers and general support sessions.
- All too often this leads them to neglect the very important issue of planning their development in advance.
- He is now refurbishing the ground floor of the building and plans to open a late night bar and dance floor from Thursday to Saturday.
- We therefore plan to check this possibility by putting an acetyl group on the N-terminus.
- The key to a successful warehouse shopping experience is to plan your visit in advance.
- There is a DJ booth and the manager plans to change the layout on the first floor to make space for a small dance floor.
- Even so, the family plans to appeal the decision so it can continue living in six caravans on the site, which it bought more than a year ago.
- There is a system of communication to enable partners to plan their play and decide when it is appropriate to bet.
- A tenants and residents organisation plans to create new jobs and other opportunities.
- The trick is to plan each one in advance and do something original.
- Additionally, it is unclear how the company plans to finance the building of that site.
Synonyms
organize, arrange, work out, think out, design, line up, outline, sketch out, map out, chalk out, draft, prepare, schedule, programme, formulate, frame, project, develop, set up, fix up, shape, build, devise, concoct, contrive
intend, make plans, aim, propose, mean, be resolved, have in mind, hope, want, wish, desire, contemplate, envisage, foresee, envision, expect
2Design or make a plan of (something to be made or built)
they were planning a garden
Example sentencesExamples
- You will not only plan a design scheme but you will also put it into practice.
- Mary is a professional landscape designer and her talk will be on interest to anyone planning a new garden or rejuvenating an old one.
- This view has invariably seduced architects when imaging and planning utopian cities.
- I'm planning a couple of design changes to this blog, and rounded corners may well make an appearance in the new version.
- He was a gardener of note and relished planning the gardens of his acquaintances.
- Color and time of bloom are two of the most important elements to consider when planning your bulb and garden planting.
- As you plan your water garden, consider the aquatic plants you may want to include in it.
- He was continuing to plan his garden during his final illness.
- We walked for miles here, thinking very thoroughly, talking, taking hundreds of photographs, planning the design.
- All you really need to learn about planning your garden is written on the package, or available from your bulb supplier.
- We're planning a memorial garden for archives and ashes for our friends and ourselves.
- Start by planning the garden based on where you'll be happiest sitting.
- This information should be considered when you plan your garden and when you buy the plants.
- Plan seed purchases for the fall garden when you are planning your spring garden.
- It is not necessary to have only indigenous plants when planning a xeriscape design.
- A range of colours will be made known to the various groups involved when planning their designs.
- The town has attracted high-tech businesses and is planning a technology zone for downtown.
- Shortly after his arrival, he took over the project to design and plan the new Shenzhen University.
- Introductory chapters include tips on planning a garden and how to create and care for the garden.
- When planning your garden, it is important to know what your climate zone is and choose your plants accordingly.
Synonyms
design, draw up a plan of, make a drawing of, draw up a layout of, sketch out, make a map of, map out, make a representation of

Phrases

someone's (or the) best plan

A person's (or the) most sensible course of action.
Example sentencesExamples
- But your best plan of action is to exercise self-control and do nothing.
- I will leave you now to start to think on this and your best plan of action.
- I encourage you to explore all your options and talk to several different kinds of professionals to decide your best plan of action.
- After all, your time and resources are limited, so spending them wisely, even at the cost of other areas, is going to be your best plan.
- It was sunny, it was mild, and there was a delicious refreshing breeze just about all day, so it seemed our best plan would be to stay home and enjoy it.
- Probably their best plan, however, is to ignore him and hope that no one will notice what he says.
- But his best plan would be to go to a team down and out at the quarterback position - Chicago, Cincinatti and Carolina come to mind - and make his own mark where the expectations are far less.
- The Pakistan board wanted faster pitches for them but their best plan now would be to prepare turners.
- The task force concluded that it's best plan of action is to have a ‘lean staffing model’ in which ‘excellence’ is placed ahead of volume and compensation is, thus, high.
- If you're nearing retirement, you may be thinking that your best plan is to take up smoking, heavy drinking and motorcycle stunts.

go according to plan

Happen as one arranged or intended.
Example sentencesExamples
- Everything had been planned for and everything went according to plan.
- The first combination that set off brought down the telephone wires in Steeple Ashton but after that there was more room and it all went according to plan.
- The president and her family were on hand all day to make sure that everything went according to plan - even going as far as bringing umbrellas to some golfers who didn't like the rain!
- An East Lancashire economic leader today said that, if things went according to plan, work on the site could start within 15 months and the course could be complete in 2008.
- As a project manager, I know too well that when you operate in a tight time frame, no matter how much you plan, nothing goes according to plan.
- For the next few years things went according to plan, and then in the year 1854, passengers on the ship Blanche were found to be suffering from cholera.
- Security officials say everything went according to plan.
- ‘After all these delays I was so pleased that I never worried, and everything went according to plan,’ he said.
- But the married father-of-three, who has 22 years' experience, is confident that arrangements will go according to plan.
- This festive season, Sofia will be bathed in light if the decoration arrangements of the Sofia municipality go according to plan.

plan of action (or campaign or attack)

An organized program of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal.
Example sentencesExamples
- They have a common strategic aim but have no plan of action on the tactical level.
- We spoke further and I think I helped to get him to think more positively about himself, and I helped him to formulate some basic plans of action that he needs to pursue in order to get his life back on track.
- With respect to the forethought phase of self-regulation, the primary participants continued to set goals and devise plans of action for navigating their college-level courses.
- We bring in a project manager with the expertise to assess the situation, formulate a plan of action, and get the project completed.
- Once you find a likely partner, formulate a plan of attack that includes long- and short-term goals you'd both like to accomplish in the gym.
- These five goals were discussed to determine a plan of action to achieve them.
- The document, however, failed to detail any environmental goals or plan of attack.
- He said that every company, regardless of what area it is in, should formulate a plan of action to deal with a crisis.
- I am going to do some serious rethinking about my plan of attack regarding my diet and exercise program.
- We are going to meet today to decide a plan of action but we will organise a date for a public meeting at the end of August.
Synonyms
scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from earlier plant ‘ground plan, plane surface’, influenced in sense by Italian pianta ‘plan of building’. Compare with plant.

单词	plan
释义	Definition of plan in English: plan nounPlural plans planplæn 1A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. the UN peace plan Example sentencesExamples If the proposed plans go ahead there is a very real danger that the closure of this business will lead to the loss of this unique service. Negotiations in both villages are to take place to see if those plans can be achieved. He said the only way of achieving the plan would be to identify areas where costs could be cut while ensuring care in areas of clinical necessity. While on the university level the plans were achieved, not all the proposed schools were opened. There is a lot of extra cost if an application has to be heard under both an operative and a proposed plan at the same time. There's a lot of concern about the way it's been waged, and the fact that there's no plan to achieve peace. These are both goal-oriented symbols, which speak to us of making plans in order to achieve our desires. Members are also likely to call for more detailed plans of the other proposed measures, in readiness for public consultation. All three have said they proposed to approve the plans, subject to the Secretary of State's views. Why is it that theoretical plans and practical achievements in the Scottish health service are incapable of marrying up? A council spokesman said the proposal was part of plans to cut more than 2,000 surplus school places. The plans will also include proposals for a tsunami warning system. He said a consultancy will be awarded soon to look at existing system and formulate plans for fixing it. Such reviews would establish if the plan is actually achieving its initial aims. The plan failed to achieve a simple majority of the Ankara parliament in a knife-edge vote on Saturday. According to a defence analyst here, he is close to achieving a plan already worked out when he was elected 10 months ago. The city council says the policy is no longer consistent with what it wants to achieve in its plan. Lancashire County Council offered to help draw up detailed plans using their proposals. This will allow residents to look at detailed plans for the proposals and speak to council officers about how they will be implemented. The plan proposes to rehabilitate the sewer system in the area and to upgrade the infrastructure in and around the river. Synonyms scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda way, means, measure, tactic, tack, plot, device, manoeuvre, ruse archaic shift 1.1with modifier A scheme for the regular payment of contributions towards a pension, savings account, or insurance policy. a personal pension plan Example sentencesExamples An easy payment plan is available for those wishing to pay to monthly installments. Today you are far more likely to have your own personal pension plan or ‘money purchase’ scheme at work. Regular payment plans are available allowing you to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly. An excuse many of us give for failing to save is that we plan to use our homes as our combined savings and pension plans. We have a declining birth rate and increased life expectancy, along with a marked reluctance to pay into a private pension plan. He plans to gut social security and turn it from old age insurance to a pension plan. Money purchase or defined contribution plans shift the risk of providing for old age on to the employees. They refuse to implement a pension plan or even pay the full cost of our health insurance. I suggest you start contributing to a stakeholder pension plan alongside your firm's scheme. Have you got into the habit of making regular contributions to savings or investment plans for your children? Grace is a teacher and has contributed to a pension plan since the year before the marriage. In dollar terms, the change in contribution pension plan investment is staggering. Tax-efficient equity savings schemes and plans for private pension funds will soon become the norm for many countries. Chinese companies do not have to pay for health insurance or fund pension plans. The scheme, the first dental insurance plan on the Irish market, was launched at the end of May. Some universities use a private pension plan, so your contribution may vary. People do not have to be taxpayers in order to have payments into a pension plan boosted by tax relief from the Inland Revenue. Of course, some labs are chosen simply because of health insurance plan mandates. For many years, I have been contributing to a pension plan which is mainly invested in shares. I am in the firm's defined contribution pension plan and contribute the maximum for my age. 2An intention or decision about what one is going to do. I have no plans to retire Example sentencesExamples She has no plans to retire and dismisses the idea that writers have conventional careers. He said that there were no plans, intentions, desires, or need for any increases greater than inflation. She tends to live in the present, without any plans, ambitions or goals. At Dorcan School, the headteacher announced his plans to retire at the end of the summer term. Elderly residents at two closure-threatened care homes are to get their say in the plans before any final decisions are made. By tradition, we want to start the year by sharing with you our plans and intentions for the future. Each girl will be formally interviewed by four judges about their interests and future plans before a decision is made. It is understood that RTE has no plans to challenge the decision or to support any legal challenge by staff. But shortly after conceding defeat, a disheartened Landry announced plans to retire from politics. He said the three countries have no plans to make any decision on their nuclear arms program. As version upgrades can easily take 12 months, customers will soon have to make a decision about their future plans. Although he has no plans to retire in the immediate future, he is looking forward to running the place in due course. The mayor said that no plans or final decision had yet been made. Although this expat will celebrate his 60th birthday this year, he has no plans to retire any time soon. He told him he had no plans to appeal the decision. I see that Thabo will soon come to a decision on what his plans for the embattled Zuma are. He said he had no idea what he would be working on next but denied he had any plans to retire, despite the fact he is not a huge fan of being in front of the camera. He also liked to change his plans or decisions without letting me know and then, if something happened, put all the blame for the situation on me. Ellen has no plans to retire and hopes to be one of the happy band raising money to support Sue Ryder homes for many years to come. He never took advice well, believing his own plans and decisions to be superior to any other. Synonyms intention, aim, idea, intent, objective, object, goal, target, hope, aspiration, ambition 3A detailed map or diagram. a street plan Example sentencesExamples Vestiges of a street plan can sometimes be seen on ploughed land north-east of the amphitheatre. The plans should incorporate street furniture, paving, lighting and trees. The basic L-shaped plan wraps around a patio courtyard in the internal corner of the site. I am especially grateful to my daughter for her assistance in preparing the maps and plans. All of his six or so novels have a map as frontispiece from which one can see that much of the street plan has survived. In this plan, two pagodas were built in front of one Main Hall in the main courtyard. Oxford residents have expressed their anger at development plans on St Giles Street and at Keble College. The plan also includes building stops along the way in hopes of expanding in the future. The yellow colouring on the enclosed plan indicated the area from Furnham Road to AA. The point of education is not to give pupils a street plan of their local district but a putative map of the world. Over 170 Hilperton residents went to an open day in the village last month to look at plans proposed by the developer. The underlying street plans of towns like Otley were laid down centuries before motor vehicles were invented. 3.1 A drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building. Compare with elevation (sense 3) Example sentencesExamples Reading the plans of the building again, she made sure she knew every way out of the building. He is scheduled to release a detailed blueprint of his plans by mid-September. Interestingly the original plans show the buildings supported and made level by brick piles grounded in the sloping valley side. It is also difficult to predict, given the limited quantity and quality of data on building plans. Lancaster City Council has deemed the plans for the proposed multi-million pound structure invalid. Members of the public will be able to track their building plans on the Internet from February 2004. Oral and written instructions are supplemented by plans, drawings or blueprints. In 1962, the local authority had approved building plans under local by-laws. At that time, the municipality already approved the plans for the first building. While drawing up plans for city centre buildings, he often helped children with their school design projects. Very few building plans are at a scale where internal arrangement can be properly read. It is a walk-in information Office to allow viewing of the plans for the proposed tourism resort. As per law, it is either the BMRDA or the BDA which have powers to approve the layouts and building plans. Since work of this type is governed by local codes, check your plans with the building department. Before them lay a ladder down into a musty basement that was obviously not listed on the building plans. One of the papers just published a plan of the layout of the house. With a key plan, the floor surface profile along those lines becomes useful information. An itemized asset list is created and geographically located on building plans. As far as I knew, the original building plans had disappeared a long time ago. Kenneth handed him the plans and explained the layout and security he'd found. Synonyms blueprint, drawing, scale drawing, diagram, sketch, chart, map, layout, artist's impression illustration, representation, delineation North American plat 3.2 A diagram showing how something will be arranged. look at the seating plan Example sentencesExamples The seating plan for a national event is a good time to find out who's hot and who's not. A good friend told me that his friend, who's a school teacher, drew up a seating plan last week for her pre-teen pupils. All residents are urged to review their family flood plans and update their knowledge about flooding. Know the seating plan and etiquette before boarding the company jet. You can, in fact, check seating plans through airline websites - if you know how to find them. In addition to the price increases, Churchill Downs has changed seating plans on Oaks day. Householders are also being advised to prepare an escape plan from home and smokers are being warned to take special care. Now, if there was a prize that allowed you to set the seating plan: that would be a prize worth winning. I see she has the seating plan for the crematorium in her hand. Tonight we're chilling after sorting out the seating plan and printing out the place cards for the wedding. Even the seating plan, though, underlines one important reason for voter apathy. The seating plan was drawn up using French, the traditional language of diplomacy. Directors instantly knew where they were in the pecking order by a quick look at the seating plan. Synonyms preparations, plans 3.3 (in the Methodist Church) a document listing the preachers for all the services in a circuit during a given period. Example sentencesExamples This page shows the preaching plan for our church for the forthcoming months. verbplans, planning, planned planplæn [with object] 1Decide on and make arrangements for in advance. they were planning a trip to Egypt with infinitive he plans to fly on Wednesday no object we plan on getting married in the near future Example sentencesExamples A tenants and residents organisation plans to create new jobs and other opportunities. The trick is to plan each one in advance and do something original. Kate plans to arrange monthly meetings with speakers and general support sessions. There is a system of communication to enable partners to plan their play and decide when it is appropriate to bet. Intel plans to start building again next year, and to start operations in the third quarter of 2003. After switch-over, the government plans to sell the spectrum previously used for analogue. He is now refurbishing the ground floor of the building and plans to open a late night bar and dance floor from Thursday to Saturday. There is a DJ booth and the manager plans to change the layout on the first floor to make space for a small dance floor. Even so, the family plans to appeal the decision so it can continue living in six caravans on the site, which it bought more than a year ago. Before you plan a trip, decide whether you'd rather try a wilderness lodge or a guest ranch. The restaurant is quite a good size but due to popularity it is essential to book in advance if you plan on having dinner there. Now he and his wife Laura are moving to a larger house nearby, and plan to start a programme of improvements as soon as they sell their current home. The key to a successful warehouse shopping experience is to plan your visit in advance. We therefore plan to check this possibility by putting an acetyl group on the N-terminus. Additionally, it is unclear how the company plans to finance the building of that site. The organisation plans to publish research on state childcare models in May. The town council plans to make a decision by the end of the year. This is fantastic news if you plan on making a trip to the US this year. All too often this leads them to neglect the very important issue of planning their development in advance. The program plans to offer doctoral degree education within the next two to three years. Synonyms organize, arrange, work out, think out, design, line up, outline, sketch out, map out, chalk out, draft, prepare, schedule, programme, formulate, frame, project, develop, set up, fix up, shape, build, devise, concoct, contrive plot, scheme, cook up, hatch, brew, mastermind, orchestrate, choreograph North American slate rare excogitate intend, make plans, aim, propose, mean, be resolved, have in mind, hope, want, wish, desire, contemplate, envisage, foresee, envision, expect formal purpose 2Design or make a plan of (something to be made or built) she had planned the garden from scratch Example sentencesExamples Color and time of bloom are two of the most important elements to consider when planning your bulb and garden planting. As you plan your water garden, consider the aquatic plants you may want to include in it. Shortly after his arrival, he took over the project to design and plan the new Shenzhen University. Introductory chapters include tips on planning a garden and how to create and care for the garden. All you really need to learn about planning your garden is written on the package, or available from your bulb supplier. This view has invariably seduced architects when imaging and planning utopian cities. This information should be considered when you plan your garden and when you buy the plants. Mary is a professional landscape designer and her talk will be on interest to anyone planning a new garden or rejuvenating an old one. We're planning a memorial garden for archives and ashes for our friends and ourselves. Plan seed purchases for the fall garden when you are planning your spring garden. He was continuing to plan his garden during his final illness. The town has attracted high-tech businesses and is planning a technology zone for downtown. When planning your garden, it is important to know what your climate zone is and choose your plants accordingly. You will not only plan a design scheme but you will also put it into practice. It is not necessary to have only indigenous plants when planning a xeriscape design. Start by planning the garden based on where you'll be happiest sitting. I'm planning a couple of design changes to this blog, and rounded corners may well make an appearance in the new version. We walked for miles here, thinking very thoroughly, talking, taking hundreds of photographs, planning the design. A range of colours will be made known to the various groups involved when planning their designs. He was a gardener of note and relished planning the gardens of his acquaintances. Synonyms design, draw up a plan of, make a drawing of, draw up a layout of, sketch out, make a map of, map out, make a representation of North American plat Phrases someone's (or the) best plan A person's (or the) most sensible course of action. William's best plan would be to get a job Example sentencesExamples I encourage you to explore all your options and talk to several different kinds of professionals to decide your best plan of action. After all, your time and resources are limited, so spending them wisely, even at the cost of other areas, is going to be your best plan. If you're nearing retirement, you may be thinking that your best plan is to take up smoking, heavy drinking and motorcycle stunts. But his best plan would be to go to a team down and out at the quarterback position - Chicago, Cincinatti and Carolina come to mind - and make his own mark where the expectations are far less. Probably their best plan, however, is to ignore him and hope that no one will notice what he says. It was sunny, it was mild, and there was a delicious refreshing breeze just about all day, so it seemed our best plan would be to stay home and enjoy it. The Pakistan board wanted faster pitches for them but their best plan now would be to prepare turners. I will leave you now to start to think on this and your best plan of action. The task force concluded that it's best plan of action is to have a ‘lean staffing model’ in which ‘excellence’ is placed ahead of volume and compensation is, thus, high. But your best plan of action is to exercise self-control and do nothing. go according to plan Happen as one arranged or intended. if all goes according to plan, this money can be used as seed capital for a new business Example sentencesExamples But the married father-of-three, who has 22 years' experience, is confident that arrangements will go according to plan. For the next few years things went according to plan, and then in the year 1854, passengers on the ship Blanche were found to be suffering from cholera. This festive season, Sofia will be bathed in light if the decoration arrangements of the Sofia municipality go according to plan. The president and her family were on hand all day to make sure that everything went according to plan - even going as far as bringing umbrellas to some golfers who didn't like the rain! ‘After all these delays I was so pleased that I never worried, and everything went according to plan,’ he said. The first combination that set off brought down the telephone wires in Steeple Ashton but after that there was more room and it all went according to plan. Everything had been planned for and everything went according to plan. An East Lancashire economic leader today said that, if things went according to plan, work on the site could start within 15 months and the course could be complete in 2008. Security officials say everything went according to plan. As a project manager, I know too well that when you operate in a tight time frame, no matter how much you plan, nothing goes according to plan. make a plan Devise a way of overcoming difficulties. leave it to me—I'll make a plan Example sentencesExamples They waited there about an hour before the police chief finally suggested they make a plan and pay R200, which they very reluctantly did. The organisers should make a plan for more people to access this play. A school governing body member appealed to the government to make a plan for the school as they had being asking for a new school for five years. Just making a plan to overcome a problem often helps. I even dreamed of some very forward thinking individual making a plan to reintroduce large carnivores to the eastern section of the park. plan of action (or campaign or attack) An organized programme of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal. Example sentencesExamples We spoke further and I think I helped to get him to think more positively about himself, and I helped him to formulate some basic plans of action that he needs to pursue in order to get his life back on track. Once you find a likely partner, formulate a plan of attack that includes long- and short-term goals you'd both like to accomplish in the gym. The document, however, failed to detail any environmental goals or plan of attack. We bring in a project manager with the expertise to assess the situation, formulate a plan of action, and get the project completed. With respect to the forethought phase of self-regulation, the primary participants continued to set goals and devise plans of action for navigating their college-level courses. We are going to meet today to decide a plan of action but we will organise a date for a public meeting at the end of August. He said that every company, regardless of what area it is in, should formulate a plan of action to deal with a crisis. I am going to do some serious rethinking about my plan of attack regarding my diet and exercise program. They have a common strategic aim but have no plan of action on the tactical level. These five goals were discussed to determine a plan of action to achieve them. Synonyms scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda sounds like a plan informal Used to express agreement with a proposal. I'll call you later this week for confirmation? Sounds like a plan to me! Example sentencesExamples I'm thinking maybe I should force myself to stay up all day and sleep tonight. Sounds like a plan huh? "We can go shopping or something after school." "Sounds like a plan!" Breakfast and a book sounds like a plan. "We will stop by afterwards, if we're not feeling too exhausted." "That sounds like a plan." Make sure you invite me when you get back! That sounds like a plan to me, Ed. We'll set the tape at the exact moment and no one will be the wiser. Yeah, that sounds like a plan. Origin Late 17th century: from French, from earlier plant 'ground plan, plane surface', influenced in sense by Italian pianta 'plan of building'. Compare with plant. plain from Middle English: The source of both plain and plane is Latin planus ‘flat’. Mathematicians introduced the spelling plane in the early 17th century to distinguish the geometrical uses of plain from senses such as ‘ordinary’ and ‘simple’. The sort of plane used to make wood flat is from the same source. Plane meaning ‘an aircraft’ is unconnected, and is a shortening of aeroplane. Also unconnected is the plane tree (Late Middle English), which is not flat but ‘broad’, the meaning of its Greek source platus. The plan of a building (mid 17th century), which involves putting something three-dimensional on a flat surface, is, however, related. The earlier version of the expression as plain as a pikestaff, ‘very obvious’, was as plain as a packstaff, which gives a small clue as to its origins. A packstaff was a long stick which a peddler used to carry his pack of goods for sale, which would probably have been obvious from a distance as the peddler trudged along the road. By the end of the 16th century people had started to use the current version with pikestaff, and a hundred years later it had more or less taken over. A pikestaff was a walking stick with a pointed metal tip, which possibly replaced packstaff because it sounded similar and peddlers were becoming a less familiar sight. The phrase plain sailing, ‘smooth and easy progress’, probably represents a use of plane sailing, referring to the practice of determining a ship's position on the theoretical assumption that it is moving on a plane. Plain Jane first appears in 1912, in Carnival by Compton Mackenzie. There was probably no real Jane behind the phrase, just a fortunate rhyme. Rhymes Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan noun.1 phr. Definition of plan in US English: plan nounplænplan 1A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. the UN peace plan Example sentencesExamples Negotiations in both villages are to take place to see if those plans can be achieved. Such reviews would establish if the plan is actually achieving its initial aims. Members are also likely to call for more detailed plans of the other proposed measures, in readiness for public consultation. The plans will also include proposals for a tsunami warning system. There's a lot of concern about the way it's been waged, and the fact that there's no plan to achieve peace. This will allow residents to look at detailed plans for the proposals and speak to council officers about how they will be implemented. Lancashire County Council offered to help draw up detailed plans using their proposals. All three have said they proposed to approve the plans, subject to the Secretary of State's views. He said the only way of achieving the plan would be to identify areas where costs could be cut while ensuring care in areas of clinical necessity. The plan failed to achieve a simple majority of the Ankara parliament in a knife-edge vote on Saturday. He said a consultancy will be awarded soon to look at existing system and formulate plans for fixing it. While on the university level the plans were achieved, not all the proposed schools were opened. The city council says the policy is no longer consistent with what it wants to achieve in its plan. According to a defence analyst here, he is close to achieving a plan already worked out when he was elected 10 months ago. A council spokesman said the proposal was part of plans to cut more than 2,000 surplus school places. If the proposed plans go ahead there is a very real danger that the closure of this business will lead to the loss of this unique service. These are both goal-oriented symbols, which speak to us of making plans in order to achieve our desires. There is a lot of extra cost if an application has to be heard under both an operative and a proposed plan at the same time. The plan proposes to rehabilitate the sewer system in the area and to upgrade the infrastructure in and around the river. Why is it that theoretical plans and practical achievements in the Scottish health service are incapable of marrying up? Synonyms scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda 1.1with modifier A scheme for the regular payment of contributions toward a pension, savings account, or insurance policy. a personal pension plan Example sentencesExamples Some universities use a private pension plan, so your contribution may vary. Today you are far more likely to have your own personal pension plan or ‘money purchase’ scheme at work. Chinese companies do not have to pay for health insurance or fund pension plans. An easy payment plan is available for those wishing to pay to monthly installments. Of course, some labs are chosen simply because of health insurance plan mandates. Grace is a teacher and has contributed to a pension plan since the year before the marriage. Tax-efficient equity savings schemes and plans for private pension funds will soon become the norm for many countries. Money purchase or defined contribution plans shift the risk of providing for old age on to the employees. An excuse many of us give for failing to save is that we plan to use our homes as our combined savings and pension plans. Regular payment plans are available allowing you to pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly. We have a declining birth rate and increased life expectancy, along with a marked reluctance to pay into a private pension plan. Have you got into the habit of making regular contributions to savings or investment plans for your children? They refuse to implement a pension plan or even pay the full cost of our health insurance. I am in the firm's defined contribution pension plan and contribute the maximum for my age. For many years, I have been contributing to a pension plan which is mainly invested in shares. He plans to gut social security and turn it from old age insurance to a pension plan. The scheme, the first dental insurance plan on the Irish market, was launched at the end of May. I suggest you start contributing to a stakeholder pension plan alongside your firm's scheme. People do not have to be taxpayers in order to have payments into a pension plan boosted by tax relief from the Inland Revenue. In dollar terms, the change in contribution pension plan investment is staggering. 2usually plansAn intention or decision about what one is going to do. I have no plans to retire Example sentencesExamples But shortly after conceding defeat, a disheartened Landry announced plans to retire from politics. He said he had no idea what he would be working on next but denied he had any plans to retire, despite the fact he is not a huge fan of being in front of the camera. I see that Thabo will soon come to a decision on what his plans for the embattled Zuma are. He also liked to change his plans or decisions without letting me know and then, if something happened, put all the blame for the situation on me. Ellen has no plans to retire and hopes to be one of the happy band raising money to support Sue Ryder homes for many years to come. As version upgrades can easily take 12 months, customers will soon have to make a decision about their future plans. She has no plans to retire and dismisses the idea that writers have conventional careers. Elderly residents at two closure-threatened care homes are to get their say in the plans before any final decisions are made. He told him he had no plans to appeal the decision. He said that there were no plans, intentions, desires, or need for any increases greater than inflation. She tends to live in the present, without any plans, ambitions or goals. Each girl will be formally interviewed by four judges about their interests and future plans before a decision is made. By tradition, we want to start the year by sharing with you our plans and intentions for the future. Although this expat will celebrate his 60th birthday this year, he has no plans to retire any time soon. He never took advice well, believing his own plans and decisions to be superior to any other. It is understood that RTE has no plans to challenge the decision or to support any legal challenge by staff. Although he has no plans to retire in the immediate future, he is looking forward to running the place in due course. At Dorcan School, the headteacher announced his plans to retire at the end of the summer term. He said the three countries have no plans to make any decision on their nuclear arms program. The mayor said that no plans or final decision had yet been made. Synonyms intention, aim, idea, intent, objective, object, goal, target, hope, aspiration, ambition 3A detailed map or diagram. a street plan Example sentencesExamples All of his six or so novels have a map as frontispiece from which one can see that much of the street plan has survived. The basic L-shaped plan wraps around a patio courtyard in the internal corner of the site. The underlying street plans of towns like Otley were laid down centuries before motor vehicles were invented. I am especially grateful to my daughter for her assistance in preparing the maps and plans. The point of education is not to give pupils a street plan of their local district but a putative map of the world. Oxford residents have expressed their anger at development plans on St Giles Street and at Keble College. The plan also includes building stops along the way in hopes of expanding in the future. The plans should incorporate street furniture, paving, lighting and trees. The yellow colouring on the enclosed plan indicated the area from Furnham Road to AA. Over 170 Hilperton residents went to an open day in the village last month to look at plans proposed by the developer. Vestiges of a street plan can sometimes be seen on ploughed land north-east of the amphitheatre. In this plan, two pagodas were built in front of one Main Hall in the main courtyard. 3.1 A drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building. Compare with elevation (sense 3) Example sentencesExamples He is scheduled to release a detailed blueprint of his plans by mid-September. Before them lay a ladder down into a musty basement that was obviously not listed on the building plans. It is a walk-in information Office to allow viewing of the plans for the proposed tourism resort. In 1962, the local authority had approved building plans under local by-laws. Very few building plans are at a scale where internal arrangement can be properly read. Since work of this type is governed by local codes, check your plans with the building department. Reading the plans of the building again, she made sure she knew every way out of the building. At that time, the municipality already approved the plans for the first building. As per law, it is either the BMRDA or the BDA which have powers to approve the layouts and building plans. Oral and written instructions are supplemented by plans, drawings or blueprints. As far as I knew, the original building plans had disappeared a long time ago. Interestingly the original plans show the buildings supported and made level by brick piles grounded in the sloping valley side. It is also difficult to predict, given the limited quantity and quality of data on building plans. An itemized asset list is created and geographically located on building plans. Lancaster City Council has deemed the plans for the proposed multi-million pound structure invalid. With a key plan, the floor surface profile along those lines becomes useful information. While drawing up plans for city centre buildings, he often helped children with their school design projects. Members of the public will be able to track their building plans on the Internet from February 2004. Kenneth handed him the plans and explained the layout and security he'd found. One of the papers just published a plan of the layout of the house. Synonyms blueprint, drawing, scale drawing, diagram, sketch, chart, map, layout, artist's impression 3.2 A diagram showing how something will be arranged. look at the seating plan Example sentencesExamples Even the seating plan, though, underlines one important reason for voter apathy. A good friend told me that his friend, who's a school teacher, drew up a seating plan last week for her pre-teen pupils. Now, if there was a prize that allowed you to set the seating plan: that would be a prize worth winning. I see she has the seating plan for the crematorium in her hand. You can, in fact, check seating plans through airline websites - if you know how to find them. Tonight we're chilling after sorting out the seating plan and printing out the place cards for the wedding. All residents are urged to review their family flood plans and update their knowledge about flooding. The seating plan for a national event is a good time to find out who's hot and who's not. Know the seating plan and etiquette before boarding the company jet. The seating plan was drawn up using French, the traditional language of diplomacy. Householders are also being advised to prepare an escape plan from home and smokers are being warned to take special care. In addition to the price increases, Churchill Downs has changed seating plans on Oaks day. Directors instantly knew where they were in the pecking order by a quick look at the seating plan. Synonyms preparations, plans verbplænplan [with object] 1Decide on and arrange in advance. they were planning a trip to Egypt with infinitive he plans to fly on Wednesday no object we plan on getting married in the near future we have to plan for the future Example sentencesExamples The program plans to offer doctoral degree education within the next two to three years. The organisation plans to publish research on state childcare models in May. Intel plans to start building again next year, and to start operations in the third quarter of 2003. Now he and his wife Laura are moving to a larger house nearby, and plan to start a programme of improvements as soon as they sell their current home. The town council plans to make a decision by the end of the year. Before you plan a trip, decide whether you'd rather try a wilderness lodge or a guest ranch. This is fantastic news if you plan on making a trip to the US this year. The restaurant is quite a good size but due to popularity it is essential to book in advance if you plan on having dinner there. After switch-over, the government plans to sell the spectrum previously used for analogue. Kate plans to arrange monthly meetings with speakers and general support sessions. All too often this leads them to neglect the very important issue of planning their development in advance. He is now refurbishing the ground floor of the building and plans to open a late night bar and dance floor from Thursday to Saturday. We therefore plan to check this possibility by putting an acetyl group on the N-terminus. The key to a successful warehouse shopping experience is to plan your visit in advance. There is a DJ booth and the manager plans to change the layout on the first floor to make space for a small dance floor. Even so, the family plans to appeal the decision so it can continue living in six caravans on the site, which it bought more than a year ago. There is a system of communication to enable partners to plan their play and decide when it is appropriate to bet. A tenants and residents organisation plans to create new jobs and other opportunities. The trick is to plan each one in advance and do something original. Additionally, it is unclear how the company plans to finance the building of that site. Synonyms organize, arrange, work out, think out, design, line up, outline, sketch out, map out, chalk out, draft, prepare, schedule, programme, formulate, frame, project, develop, set up, fix up, shape, build, devise, concoct, contrive intend, make plans, aim, propose, mean, be resolved, have in mind, hope, want, wish, desire, contemplate, envisage, foresee, envision, expect 2Design or make a plan of (something to be made or built) they were planning a garden Example sentencesExamples You will not only plan a design scheme but you will also put it into practice. Mary is a professional landscape designer and her talk will be on interest to anyone planning a new garden or rejuvenating an old one. This view has invariably seduced architects when imaging and planning utopian cities. I'm planning a couple of design changes to this blog, and rounded corners may well make an appearance in the new version. He was a gardener of note and relished planning the gardens of his acquaintances. Color and time of bloom are two of the most important elements to consider when planning your bulb and garden planting. As you plan your water garden, consider the aquatic plants you may want to include in it. He was continuing to plan his garden during his final illness. We walked for miles here, thinking very thoroughly, talking, taking hundreds of photographs, planning the design. All you really need to learn about planning your garden is written on the package, or available from your bulb supplier. We're planning a memorial garden for archives and ashes for our friends and ourselves. Start by planning the garden based on where you'll be happiest sitting. This information should be considered when you plan your garden and when you buy the plants. Plan seed purchases for the fall garden when you are planning your spring garden. It is not necessary to have only indigenous plants when planning a xeriscape design. A range of colours will be made known to the various groups involved when planning their designs. The town has attracted high-tech businesses and is planning a technology zone for downtown. Shortly after his arrival, he took over the project to design and plan the new Shenzhen University. Introductory chapters include tips on planning a garden and how to create and care for the garden. When planning your garden, it is important to know what your climate zone is and choose your plants accordingly. Synonyms design, draw up a plan of, make a drawing of, draw up a layout of, sketch out, make a map of, map out, make a representation of Phrases someone's (or the) best plan A person's (or the) most sensible course of action. Example sentencesExamples But your best plan of action is to exercise self-control and do nothing. I will leave you now to start to think on this and your best plan of action. I encourage you to explore all your options and talk to several different kinds of professionals to decide your best plan of action. After all, your time and resources are limited, so spending them wisely, even at the cost of other areas, is going to be your best plan. It was sunny, it was mild, and there was a delicious refreshing breeze just about all day, so it seemed our best plan would be to stay home and enjoy it. Probably their best plan, however, is to ignore him and hope that no one will notice what he says. But his best plan would be to go to a team down and out at the quarterback position - Chicago, Cincinatti and Carolina come to mind - and make his own mark where the expectations are far less. The Pakistan board wanted faster pitches for them but their best plan now would be to prepare turners. The task force concluded that it's best plan of action is to have a ‘lean staffing model’ in which ‘excellence’ is placed ahead of volume and compensation is, thus, high. If you're nearing retirement, you may be thinking that your best plan is to take up smoking, heavy drinking and motorcycle stunts. go according to plan Happen as one arranged or intended. Example sentencesExamples Everything had been planned for and everything went according to plan. The first combination that set off brought down the telephone wires in Steeple Ashton but after that there was more room and it all went according to plan. The president and her family were on hand all day to make sure that everything went according to plan - even going as far as bringing umbrellas to some golfers who didn't like the rain! An East Lancashire economic leader today said that, if things went according to plan, work on the site could start within 15 months and the course could be complete in 2008. As a project manager, I know too well that when you operate in a tight time frame, no matter how much you plan, nothing goes according to plan. For the next few years things went according to plan, and then in the year 1854, passengers on the ship Blanche were found to be suffering from cholera. Security officials say everything went according to plan. ‘After all these delays I was so pleased that I never worried, and everything went according to plan,’ he said. But the married father-of-three, who has 22 years' experience, is confident that arrangements will go according to plan. This festive season, Sofia will be bathed in light if the decoration arrangements of the Sofia municipality go according to plan. plan of action (or campaign or attack) An organized program of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal. Example sentencesExamples They have a common strategic aim but have no plan of action on the tactical level. We spoke further and I think I helped to get him to think more positively about himself, and I helped him to formulate some basic plans of action that he needs to pursue in order to get his life back on track. With respect to the forethought phase of self-regulation, the primary participants continued to set goals and devise plans of action for navigating their college-level courses. We bring in a project manager with the expertise to assess the situation, formulate a plan of action, and get the project completed. Once you find a likely partner, formulate a plan of attack that includes long- and short-term goals you'd both like to accomplish in the gym. These five goals were discussed to determine a plan of action to achieve them. The document, however, failed to detail any environmental goals or plan of attack. He said that every company, regardless of what area it is in, should formulate a plan of action to deal with a crisis. I am going to do some serious rethinking about my plan of attack regarding my diet and exercise program. We are going to meet today to decide a plan of action but we will organise a date for a public meeting at the end of August. Synonyms scheme, plan of action, idea, master plan, game plan, proposal, proposition, ploy, suggestion, project, programme, system, method, procedure, strategy, stratagem, formula, recipe, scenario, arrangement, schedule, agenda Origin Late 17th century: from French, from earlier plant ‘ground plan, plane surface’, influenced in sense by Italian pianta ‘plan of building’. Compare with plant. noun.1 phr.
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