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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 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 plans for something
“He is planning a trip with his family”
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.