Synonyms for plan
plænplan

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1. plannoun

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

2. plannoun

   To design a building, machine, etc.

   The architect planned the building for the client.

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

3. plannoun

   To create a plan for.

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

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

4. plannoun

   To intend.

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

   Synonyms:
   floor plan

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1. plan

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

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

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

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1. plan, program, programmenoun

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

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

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

2. design, plannoun

   an arrangement scheme

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

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

3. plan, architectural planverb

   scale drawing of a structure

   "the plans for City Hall were on file"

   Synonyms:
   design, architectural plan, programme, program

4. plan, be afterverb

   have the will and intention to carry out some action

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

   Synonyms:
   project, design, contrive, be after

5. planverb

   make plans for something

   "He is planning a trip with his family"

   Synonyms:
   project, design, contrive, be after

6. plan, project, contrive, designverb

   make or work out a plan for; devise

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

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

7. design, planverb

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

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

   Synonyms:
   design, project, contrive, be after

Matched Categories

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

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1. plannoun

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

2. plannoun

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

3. planverb

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

4. planverb

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

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1. plannoun

   Synonyms:
   diagram, draught

2. planverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "plan":

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

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How to use plan in a sentence?

1. Valery Spiridonov:

   If I don’t try this out, my fate will be very sad. With every year my situation is getting worse, my decision is final, and I do not plan to change my mind.

2. Jim White:

   Most people on these meal plans have a hard time staying on them for a lifetime because it’s hard to stay on something that’s as restrictive as this, restrictive behavior becomes a mental game— forcing yourself to eat a certain way, labeling foods as good or bad, and feeling guilty if you fall off the ‘plan,’.

3. Rocky Wirtz:

   I’ve told people before. When I leave a meeting with Kyle, I feel better, i feel more assured. I feel more confident, and I think that’s a feeling that hopefully everyone here and the fans can start to sense as well as they really understand Kyle’s plan going forward.

4. Jeff Kingston:

   I think Abe is feeling a lot more confident and strong, and when you see the body language of Abe and his key ministers, they are confident. These are not people filled with doubts. They are not worried about public opinion. They think things are going according to plan and going their way.

5. Eduardo Roche:

   The plan in general sends a much more realistic message than previous plans.