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say it: plan
plan is a verb and noun meaning "have the will and intention to carry out some action". It is pronounced /ˈplæn/ — plan. It carries 7 recorded senses.
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”
make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
“design a better mousetrap”
“plan the new wing of the museum”
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”
an arrangement scheme
“the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult”
“it was an excellent design for living”
“a plan for seating guests”
scale drawing of a structure
“the plans for City Hall were on file”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for plan come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.