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| n. (cognition) | 1. plan, program, programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ audit program, audit programme | a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit. |
| ~ schema, outline, scheme | a schematic or preliminary plan. |
| ~ master plan | a long-term outline of a project or government function.; "the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development" |
| ~ blueprint, design, pattern | something intended as a guide for making something else.; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" |
| ~ plan of action | a plan for actively doing something. |
| ~ regimen, regime | (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet). |
| ~ project, projection | a planned undertaking. |
| ~ agenda, schedule, docket | a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. |
| ~ pension account, pension plan, retirement account, retirement plan, retirement program, retirement savings account, retirement savings plan | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement. |
| ~ employee savings plan | a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer. |
| ~ road map, guideline | a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action.; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" |
| ~ stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock. |
| ~ budget | a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them.; "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. design, plan | an arrangement scheme.; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" |
| ~ organization, arrangement, organisation, system | an organized structure for arranging or classifying.; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" |
| ~ configuration, constellation | an arrangement of parts or elements.; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" |
| ~ layout | a plan or design of something that is laid out. |
| ~ snare, trap | something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" |
| ~ hotel plan, meal plan | a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. architectural plan, plan | scale drawing of a structure.; "the plans for City Hall were on file" |
| ~ drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines.; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" |
| ~ elevation | drawing of an exterior of a structure. |
| ~ floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. be after, plan | have the will and intention to carry out some action.; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" |
| ~ think out | consider carefully and rationally.; "Every detail has been thought out" |
| ~ aspire, shoot for, draw a bead on, aim | have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal. |
| ~ go for, hope | intend with some possibility of fulfilment.; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening" |
| ~ intend, mean, think | have in mind as a purpose.; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ schedule | plan for an activity or event.; "I've scheduled a concert next week" |
| ~ chart | plan in detail.; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein" |
| ~ propose, project | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" |
| ~ draw up, frame, compose | make up plans or basic details for.; "frame a policy" |
| ~ plot | plan secretly, usually something illegal.; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" |
| ~ scheme | devise a system or form a scheme for. |
| ~ destine, intend, designate, specify | design or destine.; "She was intended to become the director" |
| ~ mastermind, engineer, orchestrate, organize, organise, direct | plan and direct (a complex undertaking).; "he masterminded the robbery" |
| ~ lay out | provide a detailed plan or design.; "She laid out her plans for the new house" |
| ~ schedule | make a schedule; plan the time and place for events.; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon" |
| v. (creation) | 6. contrive, design, plan, project | make or work out a plan for; devise.; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ plot | devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet).; "the writer is plotting a new novel" |
| ~ concert | contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement. |
| ~ map out, map | plan, delineate, or arrange in detail.; "map one's future" |
| v. (creation) | 7. design, plan | make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form.; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" |
| ~ engineer | design as an engineer.; "He engineered the water supply project" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ redesign | design anew, make a new design for. |
| ~ blueprint, draught, draft | make a blueprint of. |
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