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The Meaning of plan

  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
  • (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
  • (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

Synonyms

broadcast , political program , curriculum , political platform , programme , program , computer programme , architectural plan , course of study , platform , computer program , syllabus , design , intention , aim , figure , designing , excogitation , conception , pattern , blueprint , intent , invention , innovation , purpose , project , contrive , be after , throw , see , protrude , visualize , excogitate , jut , forge , propose , cast , externalise , image , devise , fancy , visualise , stick out , invent , send off , picture , envision , jut out , externalize , formulate , final cause , object , proposal , device , end , scheme , intend , mean , think

Rhymes

afghan , afghanistan , ahn , an , anchorman , ann , anne , ariane , assemblyman , bahn , ban , banh , bann , batman , beagan , beaudin , bedpan , began , bhutan , blan , blann , bogeyman , boivin , bouman , bourquin , bran , brann , businessman , caen , caftan , can , cancan , cann , cannes , caravan , carryanne , catamaran , caveman , cezanne , chan , chapin , chauvin , clan , clergyman , couchman , counterman , cruzan , cspan , cwmbran , cyan , dagestan , dahn , dan , dann , deadpan , deehan , deguzman , dextran , diahann , diane , dianne , divan , doorman , doran , duan , duignan , dupin , duran , dyane , fan , fayanne , ferdinand , fisherman , flagman , flan , flann , forman , fran , frogman , gahn , gan , gann , gaudin , gauguin , gaulin , gauvain , gauvin , gayman , georgann , geurin , glahn , glassman , gloriane , gnann , gosplan , grahn , gran , guardsman , hackman , handyman , harahan , harmattan , helmsman , hillman , hindustan , hitman , intertan , iran , jaan , jahn , jan , jann , japan , jazzman , joann , joanne , jourdan , journeyman , kan , kann , kanne , kazakhstan , kinsman , klahn , klan , klann , kurdistan , lan , lann , lapan , lappin , lausanne , leann , lennane , lifespan , liliane , loran , louanne , loudin , lucianne , lyanne , macmahon , mactan , madman , mahn , mailman , man , mann , manne , marianne , marplan , maryann , maryanne , maupin , mcan , mccann , mcfann , mcgann , mchan , mcmahon , mcmann , mcshan , merman , middleman , milan , milkman , minivan , minuteman , moulin , nan , newsman , newspaperman , nurseryman , oilman , outman , outran , overran , padmanabhan , pakistan , pan , panne , patrolman , pecan , phan , poulin , pran , quean , quillman , qumran , quran , radioman , ran , ranh , rann , rattan , repairman , rodin , rosanne , roseanne , roxanne , ruthann , san , san-fran , sandman , saran , saucepan , scan , scran , sedan , serviceman , shan , sideman , skean , snowman , soloman , span , spann , spokane , stan , stann , sudan , suntan , superman , susanne , suzanne , taliban , tan , tann , tarzan , than , tinman , toussaint , tran , tristan , turbofan , turkmenistan , van , vann , vantran , voisin , walkman , weatherman , wenfan , whan , wingspan , yahn , yan , yucatan , zahn