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plan noun 1 a thought-out arrangement or method for doing something. 2 (usually plans) intentions • What are your plans for today? 3 a sketch, outline, scheme or set of guidelines. 4 a large-scale detailed drawing or diagram of a floor of a house, the streets of a town, etc done as though viewed from above. Often in compounds • floor plan • street plan. verb (planned, planning) 1 (also plan for something) to devise a scheme for it. 2 (also plan for something) to make preparations or arrangements for it. 3 intrans to prepare; to make plans • plan ahead. 4 (also plan on something) to intend or expect it. 5 to draw up plans for (eg a building); to design. not plan on or for something not to reckon on or allow for it; to be surprised or embarrassed by it • had not planned on all of them coming when I ordered the wine.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: French, meaning 'ground plan', from Latin planus flat.