n.
- a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
▸a scheme for the regular payment of contributions towards a pension, insurance policy, etc.:
a personal pension plan.
- an intention or decision about what one is going to do.
- a map or diagram:
a street plan.
▸a scale drawing of a horizontal section showing the layout of a given level of a building.
v.
(plans, planning, planned)
- decide on and arrange in advance.
▸make preparations for an anticipated event or time.
- make a plan of.
Derivative
Etymology
C17: from Fr., from earlier plant ‘ground plan, plane surface’; cf. plant.