plan

1 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" [syn: program, programme]

2 an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design]

3 scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: architectural plan]

1 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" [syn: be after]

2 make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

3 make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: project, contrive, design]

4 make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: design] [also: planning, planned]planned adj

1 designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment" [ant: unplanned]

2 planned in advance; "with malice aforethought" [syn: aforethought(ip), plotted]planned See plan

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Verb

planned

1. past of plan

Adjective

1. existing or designed according to a plan

Antonyms

• unplanned

Derived terms

• planned change
• planned obsolescence
• planned parenthood

Translations

advised, aimed, aimed at, all ready, all set, approaching, armed, armed and ready, arranged, blueprinted, booted and spurred, briefed, calculated, charted, coached, cocked, coming, conscious, considered, contemplated, contrived, cooked-up, cut out, cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, deliberate, deliberated, designed, desired, destinal, destined, determined, devised, emergent, envisaged, envisioned, equipped, eventual, extrapolated, familiarized, fatal, fated, fatidic, figured, fixed, forthcoming, future, futuristic, good and ready, groomed, hereafter, hoped-for, imminent, in arms, in battle array, in readiness, in the bag, in the saddle, in the works, informed, intended, intentional, knowing, later, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, meant, meditated, methodized, mobilized, nearing, of design, on ice, on the agenda, on the anvil, on the calendar, on the carpet, on the docket, on the mark, on the tapis, organized, packed, plotted, prearranged, preconcerted, precontrived, predicted, premeditated, preordered, prepared, prepared and ready, prepped, primed, probable, projected, prophesied, proposed, prospective, provided, psyched up, purposed, purposeful, purposive, put-up, rationalized, ready, ready for anything, rigged, ripe, scheduled, schematized, schemed, set, set-up, shaped, stacked, strategetic, strategic, studied, sur le tapis, systematized, tactical, teleological, to come, to-be, ultimate, up in arms, vigilant, voluntary, well-prepared, willful, witting, worked out