plan
Roget category 626
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.1. Conceptional volition
#626.
Plan
noun
plan,
scheme,
design,
project —
proposal,
proposition,
suggestion —
resolution,
motion —
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673 —
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611 —
system
etc.
(order)
58 —
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60 —
germ
etc.
(cause)
153.
sketch,
skeleton,
outline,
draught,
draft,
ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.] —
rough cast,
rough draft,
draught copy —
copy —
proof,
revise.
drawing,
scheme,
schematic,
graphic,
chart,
flow chart
(representation)
554.
forecast,
program,
programme,
prospectus —
carte du pays [Fr.] —
card —
bill,
protocol —
order of the day,
list of agenda —
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298 —
base of operations —
platform,
plank,
slate [U.S.],
ticket [U.S.].
role —
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
contrivance,
invention,
expedient,
receipt,
nostrum,
artifice,
device —
pipelaying [U.S.] —
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702 —
trick
etc.
(deception)
545 —
alternative,
loophole —
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147 —
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601.
measure,
step —
stroke,
stroke of policy —
master stroke —
trump card,
court card —
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
great gun —
coup,
coup d'etat [Fr.] —
clever stroke,
bold stroke,
good move,
good hit,
good stroke —
bright thought,
bright idea.
intrigue,
cabal,
plot,
conspiracy,
complot†,
machination —
subplot,
underplot†,
counterplot.
schemer,
schemist†,
schematist† —
strategist,
machinator —
projector,
artist,
promoter,
designer
etc.
v. —
conspirator —
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702†.
verb
plan,
scheme,
design,
frame,
contrive,
project,
forecast,
sketch —
devise,
invent
etc.
(imagine)
515 —
set one's wits to work
etc.
515 —
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
etc.
611 —
concert,
preconcert,
preestablish —
prepare
etc.
673 —
hatch,
hatch a plot concoct —
take steps,
take measures.
cast,
recast,
systematize,
organize —
arrange
etc.
60 —
digest,
mature.
plot —
counter-plot,
counter-mine —
dig a mine —
lay a train —
intrigue
etc.
(cunning)
702.
adjective
planned
etc.
v. —
strategic,
strategical —
planning
etc.
v. —
prepared,
in course of preparation
etc.
673 —
under consideration —
on the tapis†,
on the carpet,
on the floor.
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