plan

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈplæn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/plæn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(plan)

Inflections of 'plan' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
plans
v 3rd person singular
planning
v pres p
planned
v past
planned
v past p

Collocations for "plan"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "plan" in context.

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plan

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [good, poor, useless, pointless, excellent, cunning, devious] plan
  2. a [business, financial, payment, pension] plan
  3. a [private, public, government] plan
  4. a [building, floor, house, seating, design] plan
  5. [an action, an attack, a battle, a war] plan
  6. a plan of [action]
  7. a [well, badly, poorly] -devised plan
  8. a [five]- [phase, step, year] plan
  9. what are your future plans?
  10. [long, short, mid] -term plans
  11. plans to [make, create, help, build]
  12. [make, devise, present, draw up] a business plan
  13. [draw, sketch, outline] a plan of the [house]
  14. a plan for [further, more, additional, new] (housing)
  15. what are your plans for [this evening, the weekend]?
  16. make [dinner, lunch] plans
  17. make plans for [dinner]
  18. make plans with [your dad, a friend]
  19. I've made plans to [go, see, do]
  20. have plans to [go, see, do]
  21. sorry, I already have plans (on Monday)
  22. the plan was [designed, drafted] by architects
  23. [the meeting, everything] went according to plan
v
  1. plan ahead
  2. planned (it) in advance
  3. plan [your party, a meeting, a trip, your vacation, a wedding]
  4. plan a [robbery, murder]
  5. plan a new [park, recreation center]
  6. plan and [implement, execute]
  7. have been planning (this) for [days, weeks, months]
  8. plan for the [worst, future]
  9. plan for [rain, the cold]
  10. plan on [using, getting, doing, going, having]
  11. hadn't planned on [using]
  12. plan to [go, come, buy, read, see]
  13. plan to open a [business, restaurant]
  14. plan to [develop, produce, expand]
  15. [have, got] it all planned out
  16. planned the whole thing
'plan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absolute - accountability - agree - ahead - alternative - architect - attack - attitude - author - awry - baby - backup - bad - basis - bear - beauty - belief - belly - best - birth - brain - budget - business - bust - carry - catering - central - certainty - clever - click - combination - comment - commit - completion - compliance - complicated - conception - consequence - construct - construe - contingency - contingent - cook - core - cost - counsel - country - crafty - crazy - crippled

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