plan

US: /ˈpɫæn/

UK: /plˈæn/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

plan /plæn/
  • danh từ
    • sơ đồ, đồ án (nhà...)
      • the plan of building: sơ đồ một toà nhà
    • bản đồ thành phố, bản đồ
    • mặt phẳng (luật xa gần)
    • dàn bài, dàn ý (bài luận văn...)
    • kế hoạch; dự kiến, dự định
      • a plan of campaign: kế hoạch tác chiến
      • to upset someone's plan: làm đảo lộn kế hoạch của ai
      • have you any plans for tomorrow?: anh đã có dự kiến gì cho ngày mai chưa?
    • cách tiến hành, cách làm
      • the best plan would be to...: cách tiến hành tốt nhất là...
  • ngoại động từ
    • vẻ bản đồ của, vẽ sơ đồ của (một toà nhà...)
    • làm dàn bài, làm dàn ý (bản luận văn...)
    • đặt kế hoạch, trù tính, dự tính, dự kiến
      • to plan to do something: dự định làm gì
      • to plan an attack: đặt kế hoạch cho một cuộc tấn công, trù tính một cuộc tấn công
  • nội động từ
    • đặt kế hoạch, trù tính, dự tính, dự kiến
      • to plan for the future: đặt kế hoạch cho tương lai, trù tính cho tương lai

Advanced English dictionary

noun, verb
+ noun
intention
1 ~ (for sth)
~ (to do sth) something that you intend to do or achieve: Do you have any plans for the summer? + There are no plans to build new offices. + Your best plan would be to go by car. + There's been a change of plan. + We can't change our plans now.
arrangement
2 ~ (for sth)
~ (to do sth) a set of things to do in order to achieve sth, especially one that has been considered in detail in advance: Both sides agreed to a detailed plan for keeping the peace. + The government has announced plans to create one million new training places. + a development / business / peace plan + a five-point / three-year plan + We need to make plans for the future. + a plan of action / campaign + Let's hope everything will go according to plan.
See also - MASTER PLAN
map
3 a detailed map of a building, town, etc: a plan of the museum + a street plan of the city
drawing
4 [especially pl.] ~ (for / of sth) (technical) a detailed drawing of a machine, building, etc. that shows its size, shape and measurements: The architect is drawing up plans for the new offices. + Plans for our extension have been submitted for approval.
Compare: ELEVATION (4), GROUND PLAN
5 a diagram that shows how sth will be arranged: a seating plan (= showing where each person will sit, for example at a dinner) + a floor plan (= showing how furniture is arranged)
money
6 (especially in compounds) a way of investing money for the future: a savings plan
+ verb (-nn-)
make arrangements
1 ~ (sth) (for sth) to make detailed arrangements for sth you want to do in the future: [VN] to plan a trip / an expedition + A meeting has been planned for early next year. + Everything went exactly as planned. + We planned the day down to the last detail. + [V] to plan for the future + [V wh-] I've been planning how I'm going to spend the day. + [V that] They planned that the two routes would connect.
intend / expect
2 ~ (on sth / on doing sth) to intend or expect to do sth: [V] We hadn't planned on going anywhere this evening. + [V to inf] They plan to arrive some time after three. + [VN] We're planning a trip to France in the spring-are you interested?
design
3 [VN] to make a design or an outline for sth: to plan an essay / a garden + a well-planned campaign
Phrasal Verbs: plan sth<->out to plan carefully and in detail sth that you are going to do in the future: Plan out your route before you go. + She has her career all planned out.

Thesaurus dictionary

n.
1 design, layout, blueprint, scheme, method, procedure, system, arrangement, programme, project, formula, pattern, Colloq script, scenario:
The plan called for monthly progress meetings. The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley.
2 drawing, sketch, design, layout, blueprint, chart, map, diagram, representation:
This plan shows where the furniture will be placed.
v.
3 lay out or down, design, arrange, devise, outline, organize, plot, map out, delineate, develop:
She has been invited to plan the new shopping mall.
4 intend, expect, envisage, envision, foresee, aim, contemplate, propose:
Were you planning to go to the cinema tonight?

Collocation

1 for future

ADJ.

ambitious, audacious, grand, grandiose
The government has ambitious plans for prison reform.
| future | long-term, three-year, etc. | immediate
What are your immediate plans?
| new | original | five-point, three-point, etc.
a three-point action plan to improve hygiene at work
| definite, firm
A spokeswoman confirmed there was no definite plan to stage a concert in the park.
| detailed | good
The best plan is for me to meet you at the theatre.
| best-laid
Even the best-laid plans can go wrong.
| brilliant, clever, cunning, fiendish, ingenious | feasible, realistic, sound
We need to develop a sound business plan.
| impractical | controversial | master | contingency
Do you have any contingency plans if the scheme doesn't work?
| secret | action | strategic | business, career, corporate, development, economic, financial | travel | marriage | peace

VERB + PLAN

have | come up with, develop, devise, draw up, formulate, make, prepare, work out
I like to make plans well in advance.
| present, propose, put forward | discuss | agree
The moves contravene the peace plan agreed by both sides.
| announce, launch, outline, unveil
The minister unveiled a new plan for reducing traffic accidents.
| go ahead with, implement, press ahead with | keep to, stick to
Let's stick to our original plan
| cancel, change | abandon, cancel, drop, scrap, shelve | fight, oppose
Local residents have vowed to fight plans to build a new road.

PLAN + VERB

be afoot
Plans are afoot to stage a new opera.
| be aimed at sth
The government launched a five-year plan aimed at diversifying the economy.
| call
dam have been shelved following protests.

PHRASES

a plan of action/attack/campaign
To change anything in this organization, we'll need a plan of action.
| put a plan into action/effect/operation

2 map

ADJ.

street, town | seating

PLAN + VERB

show sth
The plan shows the exact location of the house. for sth, envisage sth, involve sthThe plan calls for investments totalling $100 million.
| contain sth, include sth
Theplan contains four main elements.
| succeed | fail, fall through, founder

PREP.

~ for
The president will now press ahead with his plans for reform.
| ~ to
Plans to build a


Concise dictionary

planned|planning|plansplæn
noun
+a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
+an arrangement scheme
+scale drawing of a structure
verb
+have the will and intention to carry out some action
+make plans for something
+make or work out a plan for; devise
+make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form

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