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/plæn/ 
| singular | plan |
| plural | plans |
- 1a series of actions that you think about carefully to help you to achieve something
an economic/spending/corporate plan
a peace plan
make/work out/outline a plan:We need to make a plan before we can start on the project.
go/run according to plan:Everything went according to plan (=there were no problems).
a change of plan:There’s been a change of plan. The meeting will now take place in Berlin.
ahead of plan (=earlier than expected):The building was completed ahead of plan.
have/make plans for something:We don’t have any plans for our holiday yet.
plan to do something:The administration has announced plans to reduce the use of pesticides in food production.
Collocations: plan
▪ abandon, cancel, devise, formulate, implement, make, oppose, outline, scrap, shelve, unveil, work out
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