n. 1 design, layout, blueprint, scheme, method, procedure, system, arrangement, programme, project, formula, pattern, Colloq script, scenario The plan called for monthly progress meetings The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley. 2 drawing, sketch, design, layout, blueprint, chart, map, diagram, representation This plan shows where the furniture will be placed
v. 3 lay out or down, design, arrange, devise, outline, organize, plot, map out, delineate, develop She has been invited to plan the new shopping mall 4 intend, expect, envisage, envision, foresee, aim, contemplate, propose: Were you planning to go to the cinema tonight?