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Definition of plan : 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 method; a way of procedure; a custom.
3. 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.
4. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
5. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

Synonyms:

innovation, pattern, visualise, excogitate, line, map, layout, rough draft, send off, course of study, purpose, externalize, technique, device, protrude, broadcast, disposition, programme, modus operandi, syllabus, see, game plan, computer program, forge, planned, political platform, jut out, systematization, view, fancy, orderliness, externalise, visualize, intent, attack, schema, undertaking, designing, end, excogitation, tack, projection, conspiracy, architectural plan, tactics, curriculum, treatment, course, systemization, project, platform, jut, be after, throw, organization, computer programme, stratagem, formulate, itinerary, stick out, political program, means, final cause

systematize, figure, calculate, reckon, quantize, rank, multiply, compute, count, think, presume, sum, gauge, conclude, suppose, value, consider, total, weigh, scheme, guess, schedule, assess, tally, determine, deduce, estimate, surmise, plot, approximate, program, score, study, rationalize, rate, infer, measure, judge, account, evaluate, add, divide, quantify, triangulate, appraise, enumerate

foregone conclusion, predetermination

opinion, perception, brainstorm, ideation, notion, concept, observation, inspiration, image, reflection, inkling, theory, vision, principle

frame, subordinate, cast, mediate, arrange, class, compose, methodize, unsnarl, screen, harmonize, pigeonhole, orchestrate, prepare, place, devise, collate, group, array, sift, sort, stabilize, type, classify, schematize, establish, categorize, adjust, unify, right, integrate, order, structure, stratify, separate, regulate, marshal, chart, organize, shape, set, fix, control, balance, design, settle, support, form, grade, maintain, normalize

fantasize, reflect, contemplate, ideate, imagine, daydream, theorize, envision, perceive, observe, opine, create

intend, mean, expect, choose, mind, resolve, propose

predetermine

limit, border, perimeter, circumscribe, wire frame, skeleton, contour, silhouette, delineate, configuration, circumference, outline, draw, girth, represent, profile, draft, trace, delineation, framework, periphery, representation

goal, wish, procedure, intention, scenario, endeavor, agenda, object, expectation, aim, policy, approach, forecast, ambition, prospectus, strategy, will, choice, proposal, idea, forethought

conception, arrangement, premeditation, coordination, anticipate, proposition, invent, conceive, blueprint, contrivance, contrive, premeditate, anticipation, invention, coordinate

approximation, conclusion, computation, inference, arithmetic, algorithm, division, valuation, judgement, estimation, measurement, thought, calculus, enumeration, assessment, consideration, reckoning, evaluation, quantification, calculation, multiplication, algebra, mathematics, presumption, supposition, triangulation, system, appraisal, method, statistics, deduction, determination

illustration, pastel, charcoal, scene, sketch, picture, drawing, painting, tracing, depiction, landscape, portrait, still life, doodle, rendering, water color, diagram, cartoon, masterpiece

Usage examples:

• But the rest of the plan I like. - "Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman", Annabel Sharp.
• Plan a little, see where we are and what's to be done next? - "The Air Trust", George Allan England.
• She had thought out her plan in the night. - "Home Fires in France", Dorothy Canfield.