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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation |
| Synonyms: | devising, outlining, plan |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intend, mean |
| Synonyms: | aim, bargain for, contemplate, count on, design, envisage, foresee, have every intention, mind, propose, purpose, reckon on |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
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| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Plan. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional volition |
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plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution (provision); deep-laid plan (premeditated) [more];, system (order),[more]; organization (arrangement); germ (cause)., sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon; rough cast, rough draft, draught, draught copy; copy; proof, revise., forecast, program(me), prospectus; carte du pays; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare (food); base of operations; platform, plank, slate [U. S.], ticket [U. S.]., role; policy (line of conduct)., contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device; pipelaying [U.S.]; stratagem (cunning); trick (deception); alternative, loophole; shift (substitute); last shift (necessity)., measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille, great gun; coup, coup d'etat; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea., intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination; underplot, counterplot., schemer, schemist, schematist; strategist, machinator; projector, artist, promoter, designer; conspirator; intrigant (cunning).
-verbs
plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch; devise, invent (imagine); set one's wits to work [more]; spring a project; fall upon, hit upon; strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out; lay down a plan; shape out a course, mark out a course; predetermine; concert, preconcert, preestablish; prepare; hatch, hatch a plot, concoct; take steps, take measures., cast, recast, systematize, organize; arrange; digest, mature., plot; counterplot, countermine; dig a mine; lay a train; intrigue (cunning).
-adjectives
planned; strategic, strategical; planning; in course of preparation; under consideration; on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.
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| Main Entry: | architecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | design of buildings |
| Synonyms: | architectonics, building, construction, engineering, planning |
| Main Entry: | calculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forethought |
| Synonyms: | canniness, caution, circumspection, contrivance, deliberation, discretion, foresight, planning, precaution, prudence, thought |
| Main Entry: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, building |
| Synonyms: | architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type |
| Antonyms: | destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins |
| Main Entry: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction, often of weather or business |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, augury, budget, calculation, cast, conjecture, divination, estimate, foreknowledge, foreseeing, foresight, foretelling, forethought, foretoken, guess, outlook, planning, precognition, prescience, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, projection, prophecy |
| Main Entry: | forethought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, canniness, caution, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
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