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How to pronounce plan
Say it like this: /plæn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does plan mean?
nounA drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
“The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.”
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
“He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.”
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the e
“Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.”
verbTo design (a building, machine, etc.).
“The architect planned the building for the client.”
To create a plan for.
“They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.”
To intend.
“He planned to go, but work intervened.”
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