Meaning & use

plan

noun·Everyday

A detailed proposal or method for achieving a particular goal, worked out in advance.

See it in a sentence

They spent the weekend drawing up a plan to renovate the kitchen.

Our original plan fell apart, so we had to improvise on the spot.

A note on using this word

Plan also functions as a verb, and can refer to a technical drawing, as in a floor plan of a building.

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