- plan
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 for futureADJECTIVE▪ ambitious, audacious, grand, grandiose▪
The government has ambitious plans for prison reform.
▪ future▪ long-range (esp. AmE), long-term, three-year, etc.▪ immediate▪What are your immediate plans?
▪ new▪ original▪ five-point, three-point, etc.▪a three-point action plan to improve hygiene at work
▪ definite, firm (BrE)▪A spokeswoman confirmed there was no definite plan to stage a concert in the park.
▪ comprehensive, detailed▪ good▪The best plan is for me to meet you at the airport.
▪ best-laid▪Even the best-laid plans can go wrong.
▪ brilliant, clever, cunning, devious, elaborate, fiendish, ingenious▪ evil▪ realistic, sound▪We need to develop a sound business plan.
▪ controversial▪ master▪ backup, contingency▪Do you have any contingency plans if there is a delay?
▪ secret▪ action, battle, game, ground, operational, strategic▪What is their game plan 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 plan
▪ birth▪ peace▪ warVERB + 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 plans well in advance.
▪ consider, discuss, present, propose, put forward, set out▪ file (AmE), submit▪The airline intends to file a reorganization plan within three months.
▪ adopt, agree, approve▪The moves contravene the peace plan agreed by both sides.
▪ finalize, put in place▪ announce, detail, launch, outline, reveal, unveil▪A new plan 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 plan
▪ 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 plans.
▪ support▪ fight (esp. BrE), oppose▪Local residents have vowed to fight plans to build a new road.
▪Senators signed a letter opposing the plan.
PLAN + VERB▪ be afoot▪Plans are afoot to stage a new opera.
▪ be aimed at sth▪The government launched a five-year plan aimed at diversifying the economy.
▪ call for sth, envisage sth (esp. BrE), envision sth (esp. AmE), involve sth▪The plan calls for massive investment in the region.
▪ contain sth, include sth▪The plan contains four main elements.
▪ come to fruition, succeed, work▪ fail, fall through, founder, go awry, go wrongPREPOSITION▪ plan for▪plans for the future
▪The president will now press ahead with his plans for reform.
▪ plan to▪Plans to build a dam have been shelved following protests.
PHRASES▪ go to plan▪ a plan of action, a plan of attack, a plan of campaign▪To change anything in this organization, we'll need a plan of action.
2 way of investing money or paying for sthADJECTIVE▪ pension, retirement▪ savings▪ insurance▪ health, health-care▪ instalment/installment, paymentPLAN + VERB▪ set up3 mapADJECTIVE▪ street, town▪ seating▪ floor, ground, siteVERB + PLAN▪ draw▪ file (AmE)▪Site plans were filed with the city this week.
PLAN + VERB▪ show sth▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The plan shows the exact location of the house.
verbADVERB▪ 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▪You will need to plan your shopping carefully in advance.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪We must plan for the future.
▪A meeting has been planned for early next year.
▪ on▪I had planned on staying here for two or three years.
PHRASES▪ be all planned out▪He thought his life was all planned out before him.
▪ have sth all planned out▪I had it all planned out.
▪ go as planned▪Everything went exactly as planned.
▪ plan sth (down) to the last detail▪Everything has been planned down to the last detail.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
