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plan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”); see plain, plane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plæn/, [p?l?æn]
- (US regional) IPA(key): [pl??n]
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
plan (plural plans)
- 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, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- 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.
- Synonym: floor plan
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Rob Roy's Grave
- The simple plan, / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Rob Roy's Grave
- A subscription to a service.
Usage notes
- A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (puran)
Translations
Verb
plan (third-person singular simple present plans, present participle planning, simple past and past participle planned)
- (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
- (transitive) To create a plan for.
- (intransitive) To intend.
- (intransitive) To make a plan.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- plan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plan in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Azerbaijani
Noun
plan (definite accusative plan?, plural planlar)
- plan (set of intended actions), scheme
- draft, plan, scheme, contrivance, road map
- layout
Declension
Derived terms
- planla?d?rmaq
Further reading
- “plan” in Obastan.com.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?n/
- Hyphenation: plan
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French plan, from Middle French plant.
Noun
plan n (plural plannen, diminutive plannetje n)
- A set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- A technical drawing.
- A detailed map of a relatively small area, such as a building or settlement.
- Synonym: plattegrond
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: plan
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
plan
- first-person singular present indicative of plannen
- imperative of plannen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl??/
- Homophones: plans, plant, plants
Etymology 1
From earlier plant, derived from the verb planter. Doublet of plant. Or from Latin planus
Noun
plan m (plural plans)
- plan
- map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.)
- plane (both flat surface and mathematical plane)
- (film) shot
- (slang, dated) A small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search.
Derived terms
Descendants
- German: Plan
- Norwegian Bokmål: plan
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin pl?nus. Doublet of plain, which was inherited, and piano.
Adjective
plan (feminine singular plane, masculine plural plans, feminine plural planes)
- planar
Derived terms
- lichen plan
Further reading
- “plan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin pl?nus.
Adjective
plan
- flat, level, plane
Related terms
- planc
See also
- plac
- vualîf
Noun
plan m (plural plans)
- plane
- plan
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pl?nus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?n
Adjective
plan (comparative planer, superlative am plansten)
- (technical) planar, flat
- (archaic) plain, forthright
Declension
Derived terms
- planlegen
See also
- Plan
Further reading
- “plan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “plan” in Duden online
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch plan, from French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”). Doublet of pelan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plan/, [?plan], [p???lan]
- Hyphenation: plan
Noun
plan
- plan, a set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- Synonym: rencana
Alternative forms
- pelan (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “plan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Plan (“project, plan”), from French plan, from Latin pl?num (“plain, level ground”), from pl?nus (“flat, even, level”), from Proto-Italic *pl?nos, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-no-s (“flattened”), from *pleh?- (“flat”).
Noun
plan m (definite singular planen, indefinite plural planer, definite plural planene)
- a plan
- a level or plane
Derived terms
References
- “plan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla?n/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From German Plan, from Latin pl?num.
Noun
plan n (definite singular planet, indefinite plural plan, definite plural plana)
- plane
- level
Derived terms
- planovergang
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
plan m (definite singular planen, indefinite plural planar, definite plural planane)
- a plan
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Latin planus.
Adjective
plan (masculine and feminine plan, neuter plant, definite singular and plural plane, comparative planare, indefinite superlative planast, definite superlative planaste)
- plane, flat
References
- “plan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla/
Noun
plan m (plural plans)
- plan (a drawing showing technical details of a building)
- plan (a set of intended actions)
Adjective
plan m (feminine singular plana, masculine plural plans, feminine plural planas)
- flat
- Synonym: planièr
Adverb
plan
- well
- Antonym: mal
- very, quite
- Synonym: fòrça
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 754.
Polish
Etymology
From German Plan, from French plan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plan/
Noun
plan m inan
- plan
- set (scenery for a film or play)
Declension
Further reading
- plan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French plan, from Latin planus.
Adjective
plan m or n (feminine singular plan?, masculine plural plani, feminine and neuter plural plane)
- plan
- (geometry) plane
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Plan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plâ?n/
- Rhymes: -â?n
Noun
pl?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- plan
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From plano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?plan/, [?plãn]
Noun
plan m (plural planes)
- plan
- scheme (systematic plan of future action)
- Synonyms: régimen, sistema
- intention
- (colloquial) mood
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Basque: plan
Further reading
- “plan” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
plan (comparative planare, superlative planast)
- flat; horizontal (of a surface)
Declension
Noun
plan n
- (mathematics) a plane; flat surface.
- a plane; level of existence
- an aeroplane
- Synonym: flygplan
- a plaza
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- sluttande plan
- lutande plan
Noun
plan c
- a drawing showing how to construct a building, machine, etc.
- a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Declension
Derived terms
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [plan]
Noun
plan (nominative plural plans)
- plant (botany)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
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resolve
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolv? (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- +? solve.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???z?lv/, /?i??z?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv or Rhymes: -?lv
- (US) IPA(key): /???z?lv/
Verb
resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved)
- (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
- (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
- (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- Ye immortal souls, who once were men, / And now resolved to elements again.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- 1596, Walter Raleigh, The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa
- In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it cannot be equalled by any region.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- She was proceeding in this manner when the surgeon entered the room. The lieutenant immediately asked how his patient did. But he resolved him only by saying, "Better, I believe, than he would have been by this time, if I had not been called; and even as it is, perhaps it would have been lucky if I could have been called sooner."
- 1596, Walter Raleigh, The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa
- (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments
- When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.
- 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments
- (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
- (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
- (obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- resolve himself into all sports and looseness again
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
- (mathematics, archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.).
Derived terms
- resolvable
- resolver
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “resolve”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Noun
resolve (countable and uncountable, plural resolves)
- Determination; will power.
- It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.
- A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
- 1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution (page 56)
- His resolve to die is weakening as he grows accustomed to Sophie's absence, and all his attempts to master irresolution only augment it.
- 1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution (page 56)
- (countable) An act of resolving something; resolution.
- 2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible (page 956)
- Some operations require data that, in turn, requires that lightweight components be resolved. In these cases, this option determines whether the user is prompted to approve the resolve or whether components are just resolved automatically.
- 2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible (page 956)
Synonyms
- fortitude, inner strength, resoluteness, sticktoitiveness, tenacity
Translations
See also
- set of one's jaw
Etymology 2
re- +? solve
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?s?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv
- (US) IPA(key): /?i?s?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv
Verb
resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved)
- (transitive) To solve again.
Translations
Anagrams
- reloves
Italian
Verb
resolve
- third-person singular present indicative of resolvere
Anagrams
- solvere, svelerò, svolere
Latin
Verb
resolve
- second-person singular present active imperative of resolv?
Portuguese
Verb
resolve
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of resolver
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of resolver
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