plan
/plæn/ verb B1- To design (a building, machine, etc.). · The architect planned the building for the client.
- To create a plan for. · They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
- To intend. · He planned to go, but work intervened.
- To make a plan. · They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.
He/she/it plans · Past planned · Past participle planned · -ing form planning
Verb forms
- Base form
- plan
- He/she/it
- plans
- Past
- planned
- Past participle
- planned
- -ing form
- planning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The pupils one and all taking graciously to this plan, the preparations for a program were begun at once.
“I’ve just thought of a plan, Diana.
“But remember this in all your planning, Anne.
The downfall of some dear hope or plan plunged Anne into “deeps of affliction.” The fulfillment thereof exalted her to dizzy realms of delight.
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