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plan

noun
/plæn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Compare plane, plain.

  1. derived from plantāre — “set, fix in place”
  2. derived from plant
  3. derived from plānus
  4. borrowed from plan — “flat surface, ground plot, map”

Definitions

  1. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details…

    A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.

    • The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.

  2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve…

    A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.

    • He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
    • Life is what happens to you / While you're busy making other plans

  3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant…

    A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.

    • Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A method

      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.

    2. A subscription to a service.

      • a phone plan
      • an Internet plan

    3. To design (a building, machine, etc.).

      • The architect planned the building for the client.

    4. To create a plan for.

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

    5. To intend.

      • He planned to go, but work intervened.
      • It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

    6. To make a plan.

      • They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.

    7. A surname.

    8. Abbreviation of People's Liberation Army Navy The national navy of the People's Republic…

      Abbreviation of People's Liberation Army Navy The national navy of the People's Republic of China.

    9. A particular standardized examination taken by high-school students.

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  • synonymblueprint2-dimensional drawing of a building

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at plan. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at plan. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at plan

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA