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English Dictionary: plan	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for plan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plan n 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" Synonym(s): plan, program, programme an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" Synonym(s): design, plan scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" Synonym(s): plan, architectural plan v 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" Synonym(s): plan, be after make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" Synonym(s): plan, project, contrive, design make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" Synonym(s): design, plan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plan \Plan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planning}.] 1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram. 2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plan \Plan\, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See {Plain}, a.] 1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram. 2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition. God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M. R. Smith. 3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. --Wordsworth. {Body plan}, {Floor plan}, etc. See under {Body}, {Floor}, etc. Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See {Scheme}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLAN Programming LANguage Nineteen hundred. The {assembly language} for {ICL 1900} series computers. (1995-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
.plan See {plan file}.