PLAN

  1. (initialism) .  (nautical, military) People's Liberation Army Navy.
  2. (initialism) .  (US) A particular standardized examination taken by high-school students.
  3. Noun.  A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
  4. Noun.  A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
  5. Noun.  A 2-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To design a building, machine, etc.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To create a plan for.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To intend.

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