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  • 1plan — [plan] n. [Fr, plan, plane, foundation: merging of plan (< L planus: see PLAIN1) with MFr plant < It pianta < L planta, sole of the foot: see PLANT] 1. a drawing or diagram showing the arrangement in horizontal section of a structure,… …

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  • 2plan — planless, adj. planlessly, adv. planlessness, n. /plan/, n., v., planned, planning. n. 1. a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. 2. a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan… …

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  • 3plan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Formulated scheme for getting something done Nouns 1. plan, scheme, design, project, undertaking; aim, intention; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, resolve, motion; precaution, provision,… …

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  • 4plan — [[t]plæ̱n[/t]] ♦ plans, planning, planned 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, also according to N A plan is a method of achieving something that you have worked out in detail beforehand. The three leaders had worked out a peace plan... The project is part …

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  • 5plan — n. & v. n. 1 a a formulated and esp. detailed method by which a thing is to be done; a design or scheme. b an intention or proposed proceeding (my plan was to distract them; plan of campaign). 2 a drawing or diagram made by projection on a… …

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  • 6plan — Synonyms and related words: action, adjust, affair, aim, aim at, alphabet, ambition, anagnorisis, anatomy, angle, animus, anticipate, approach, architectonics, architecture, argument, arrange, arrangement, art, aspiration, aspire after, aspire to …

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  • 7pre|plan — «pree PLAN», transitive verb, intransitive verb, planned, plan|ning. to plan beforehand; plan ahead: »The academic curriculum must be preplanned at different levels of difficulty (Atlantic). There has also been “preplanning for air delivery” of… …

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  • 8Operational Plan Three — (Operationsplan Drei in German) was the German Empire plan to invade the United States. The plan was ordered by Kaiser Wilhelm II at the end of the 19th century. The operation was shelved in 1907. Contents 1 Background 2 The Plan 3 See also …

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  • 9Operation Searchlight — Part of Bangladesh Liberation War Date March 26, 1971 – May 25, 1971.[1] Location …

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  • 10forecast — [c]/ˈfɔkast / (say fawkahst) verb (forecast or forecasted, forecasting) –verb (t) 1. to conjecture beforehand; predict. 2. to make a forecast of (the weather, etc.). 3. to serve as a forecast of; foreshadow: *High tech economic tendencies… …