plan
n. countablen. a set of steps you decide on before you do something. It helps you reach a goal or finish a task.
n. a detailed proposal or strategy for doing or achieving something. Often involves a structured sequence of intended actions.
We need a plan for our summer holiday.
The city council released a new plan to improve public transport over the next five years.
The architect presented a comprehensive plan that balanced modern aesthetic requirements with the structural constraints of the historic site.
Commonly used with the verbs 'make', 'draw up', or 'follow'. Often takes a 'to' infinitive, such as 'a plan to go'.
I have a plan of goI have a plan to goWhen expressing an intention to act, the noun is followed by a 'to' infinitive rather than 'of' and a gerund.
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game plan
Any strategy devised to reach a given objective.
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master plan
A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself.
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no plan survives contact with the enemy
After a plan against an enemy is drafted, there will be unexpected elements from the opposition that will call for improvisation.