Definition for Plan

plan, n. [Fr. < L. plān-us, flat.] (webplay: project).

  1. Design; organization; system.
  2. Scheme; plot; intention.
  3. Mission; goal; objective; purpose; function.
  4. Pattern; prototype; essence; specification; set of criteria; standard structure; accepted format.
  5. Destiny; innate purpose; inheritance; inherent potential; genetic blueprint.
  6. Procedure; routine; ritual actions involved in a sacred religious ordinance; [fig.] Gospel; scriptures; divine explanation of the meaning of life.
  7. Routine course; usual path; normal route; [fig.] arc.
  8. [Fig.] universe; creation.

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