I.
noun
1 for future
ADJECTIVE
▪ ambitious , audacious , grand , grandiose
▪
The government has ambitious ~s for prison reform.
▪ future
▪ long-range ( esp. AmE ), long-term , three-year , etc.
▪ immediate
▪
What are your immediate ~s?
▪ new
▪ original
▪ five-point , three-point , etc.
▪
a three-point action ~ to improve hygiene at work
▪ definite , firm ( BrE )
▪
A spokeswoman confirmed there was no definite ~ to stage a concert in the park.
▪ comprehensive , detailed
▪ good
▪
The best ~ is for me to meet you at the airport.
▪ best-laid
▪
Even the best-laid ~s can go wrong.
▪ brilliant , clever , cunning , devious , elaborate , fiendish , ingenious
▪ evil
▪ realistic , sound
▪
We need to develop a sound business ~.
▪ controversial
▪ master
▪ backup , contingency
▪
Do you have any contingency ~s if there is a delay?
▪ secret
▪ action , battle , game , ground , operational , strategic
▪
What is their game ~ for winning the election?
▪ Plan A , Plan B
▪
If Plan A fails, go to Plan B.
▪ business , career , corporate , development
▪ budget , economic , financial , spending
▪ flight , travel
▪ marriage , wedding
▪ treatment
▪ training
▪ expansion , recovery , restructuring
▪ disaster , emergency , escape , evacuation
▪ diet , eating , meal
▪
a six-week low-fat eating ~
▪ birth
▪ peace
▪ war
VERB + PLAN
▪ have
▪ come up with , create , design , develop , devise , draft , draw up , figure out ( AmE ), form , formulate , hatch , make , prepare , put together , work out
▪
I like to make ~s well in advance.
▪ consider , discuss , present , propose , put forward , set out
▪ file ( AmE ), submit
▪
The airline intends to file a reorganization ~ within three months.
▪ adopt , agree , approve
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The moves contravene the peace ~ agreed by both sides.
▪ finalize , put in place
▪ announce , detail , launch , outline , reveal , unveil
▪
A new ~ for reducing traffic accidents was unveiled.
▪ carry out , execute , implement
▪ put in motion , put into action , put into effect , put into operation , set in motion
▪ forge ahead with , go ahead with , move ahead with , press ahead with
▪ follow , keep to , stick to
▪
Let's stick to our original ~
▪ cancel , change , rethink , review , revise
▪ abandon , cancel , drop , reject , scrap , shelve
▪ disrupt , set back
▪ derail , foil , ruin , scupper ( BrE ), spoil , thwart ( BrE )
▪
The strike ruined my travel ~s.
▪ support
▪ fight ( esp. BrE ), oppose
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Local residents have vowed to fight ~s to build a new road.
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Senators signed a letter opposing the ~.
PLAN + VERB
▪ be afoot
▪
Plans are afoot to stage a new opera.
▪ be aimed at sth
▪
The government launched a five-year ~ aimed at diversifying the economy.
▪ call for sth , envisage sth ( esp. BrE ), envision sth ( esp. AmE ), involve sth
▪
The ~ calls for massive investment in the region.
▪ contain sth , include sth
▪
The ~ contains four main elements.
▪ come to fruition , succeed , work
▪ fail , fall through , founder , go awry , go wrong
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
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~s for the future
▪
The president will now press ahead with his ~s for reform.
▪ ~ to
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Plans to build a dam have been shelved following protests.
PHRASES
▪ go to ~
▪ a ~ of action , a ~ of attack , a ~ of campaign
▪
To change anything in this organization, we'll need a ~ of action.
2 way of investing money or paying for sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ pension , retirement
▪ savings
▪ insurance
▪ health , health-care
▪ instalment/installment , payment
PLAN + VERB
▪ set up
3 map
ADJECTIVE
▪ street , town
▪ seating
▪ floor , ground , site
VERB + PLAN
▪ draw
▪ file ( AmE )
▪
Site ~s were filed with the city this week.
PLAN + VERB
▪ show sth
▪
The ~ shows the exact location of the house.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ ahead , in advance
▪ initially , originally
▪
The government had originally planned to launch the review in June.
▪ carefully , meticulously
▪ well
▪ rationally
▪ centrally
▪
centrally planned economies
VERB + PLAN
▪ have to , need to
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You will need to ~ your shopping carefully in advance.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
We must ~ for the future.
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A meeting has been planned for early next year.
▪ on
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I had planned on staying here for two or three years.
PHRASES
▪ be all planned out
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He thought his life was all planned out before him.
▪ have sth all planned out
▪
I had it all planned out.
▪ go as planned
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Everything went exactly as planned.
▪ ~ sth (down) to the last detail
▪
Everything has been planned down to the last detail.