plan

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
  2. noun an arrangement scheme
  3. noun scale drawing of a structure

Etymology

Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Compare plane, plain.

In classic literature

Synonyms

program, programme

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