plan noun
1 for future
ADJ. ambitious, audacious, grand, grandiose The government has ambitious plans for prison reform. | future | long-term, three-year, etc. | immediate What are your immediate plans? | new | original | five-point, three-point, etc. a three-point action plan to improve hygiene at work | definite, firm A spokeswoman confirmed there was no definite plan to stage a concert in the park. | detailed | good The best plan is for me to meet you at the theatre. | best-laid Even the best-laid plans can go wrong. | brilliant, clever, cunning, fiendish, ingenious | feasible, realistic, sound We need to develop a sound business plan. | impractical | controversial | master | contingency Do you have any contingency plans if the scheme doesn't work? | secret | action | strategic | business, career, corporate, development, economic, financial | travel | marriage | peace
VERB + PLAN have | come up with, develop, devise, draw up, formulate, make, prepare, work out I like to make plans well in advance. | present, propose, put forward | discuss | agree The moves contravene the peace plan agreed by both sides. | announce, launch, outline, unveil The minister unveiled a new plan for reducing traffic accidents. | go ahead with, implement, press ahead with | keep to, stick to Let's stick to our original plan | cancel, change | abandon, cancel, drop, scrap, shelve | fight, oppose Local residents have vowed to fight plans to build a new road.
PLAN + VERB be afoot Plans are afoot to stage a new opera. | be aimed at sth The government launched a five-year plan aimed at diversifying the economy. | call dam have been shelved following protests.
PHRASES a plan of action/attack/campaign To change anything in this organization, we'll need a plan of action. | put a plan into action/effect/operation
2 map
ADJ. street, town | seating
PLAN + VERB show sth The plan shows the exact location of the house. for sth, envisage sth, involve sth The plan calls for investments totalling $100 million. | contain sth, include sth The plan contains four main elements. | succeed | fail, fall through, founder
PREP. ~ for The president will now press ahead with his plans for reform. | ~ to Plans to build a
plan verb
ADV. ahead, in advance | originally The government had originally planned to launch the review in June. | carefully, meticulously | intelligently, rationally | centrally centrally planned economies
VERB + PLAN have to, need to You will need to plan your shopping carefully in advance.
PREP. for We must plan for the future. A meeting has been planned for early next year. | on I had planned on staying here for two or three years.
PHRASES go as planned Everything went exactly as planned. | plan sth down to the last detail
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