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Webster 1913 Edition


Plan

Plan

,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
planus
flat, level. See
Plain
,
Adj.
]
1.
A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
2.
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project;
as, the
plan
of a constitution; the
plan
of an expedition.
God’s
plans
like lines pure and white unfold.
M. R. Smith.
3.
A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
The simple
plan
,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can.
Wordsworth.
Body plan
,
Floor plan
,
etc. See under
Body
,
Floor
, etc.
Syn. – Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See
Scheme
.

Plan

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Planned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Planning
.]
1.
To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
2.
To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design;
as, to
plan
the conquest of a country
.
Even in penance,
planning
sins anew.
Goldsmith.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plan

PLAN

,n.
1.
A draught or form; properly, the representation of any thing drawn on a plane, as a map or chart, which is a representation of some portion of land or water. But the word is applied particularly to the model of a building, showing the form, extent and divisions in miniature,and it may be applied to the draught or representation of any projected work on paper or on a plain surface; as the plan of a town or city, or of a harbor or fort. The form of a machine in miniature, is called a model.
2.
A scheme devised; a project; the form of something to be done existing in the mind, with the several parts adjusted in idea, expressed in words or committed to writing; as the plan of a constitution of government; the plan of a treaty; the plan of an expedition.

PLAN

,
Verb.
T.
To form a draught or representation of any intended work.
1.
To scheme; to devise; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country; to plan a reduction of taxes or of the national debt.

Definition 2024


plån

plån

See also: plan, Plan, PLAN, plán, and pláň

Swedish

Noun

plån n

  1. a tablet (for writing and erasing)
  2. a striking surface on a matchbox
    säkerhetständstickor - tändas endast mot lådans plån
    safety matches - can only be lit [by striking] towards the surface of the box

Declension

Inflection of plån 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative plån plånet plån plånen
Genitive plåns plånets plåns plånens

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