plan
248 synonyms found
- adjust
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- alphabet
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- architectonics
- architecture
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- graph
- ground plan
- harbor a design
- harmonize
- hatch
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- hieroglyphic
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- iconography
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- imagery
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- lay down
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- lay plans
- layout
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- limning
- local color
- logogram
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- loom
- make a projection
- make arrangements
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- portraiture
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- predesign
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- presentment
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- put in shape
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- realization
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- regularize
- regulate
- rendering
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- schema
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- secondary plot
- set up
- settle preliminaries
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- shaping
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- standardize
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- striving
- structuring
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- tablature
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- tan
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- thematic development
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- twist
- warp and woof
- weave
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- will
- work out
- work out beforehand
- work up
- writing
Definition
(n) :
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; a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal
"the plans for many important buildings were once publicly available."
(v) :
to design a building, machine, etc; to create a plan for
"the architect planned the builidng for the client."