plan
Because it is a word with a single syllable, plan is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofplan
- 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.
Example: "The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available."
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Example: "He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control."
- A two-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.
Synonyms: "floor plan"
Example: "Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors."
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- A subscription to a service.
Example: "a phone plan"
- To design (a building, machine, etc.).
Example: "The architect planned the building for the client."
- To create a plan for.
Example: "They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month."
- To intend.
Example: "He planned to go, but work intervened."
- To make a plan.
Example: "They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies."
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