{
    "term": "plan",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that you intend to do or achieve",
            "sensetop": "plan for somethingplan to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you **have **any **plans** for the summer?",
                    "contextForm": "plan for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are no plans to build new offices.",
                    "contextForm": "plan to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your **best plan** *(= the best thing to do)* would be to go by car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been **a change of plan**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't change our plans now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She told us about her **future plans**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "retirement/travel/wedding plans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A spokeswoman confirmed there was no definite plan to stage a concert in the park."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's stick to our original plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Plans are afoot to stage a new opera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The best plan is for me to meet you at the airport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strike ruined my travel plans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like to make plans well in advance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are your immediate plans?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How are your wedding plans coming along?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ambitious", "audacious", "grand"],
                "verb + plan": ["have", "come up with", "create"],
                "plan + verb": [
                    "be afoot",
                    "be aimed at something",
                    "call for something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["plan for", "plan to"],
                "phrases": ["go to plan", "a plan of action", "a plan of attack"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a set of things to do in order to achieve something, especially one that has been considered in detail in advance",
            "sensetop": "plan for somethingplan for doing somethingplan to do somethingaccording to planunder a plan",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **action plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **plan of action**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **development/management plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a five-point plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a three-year plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These **ambitious plans** were continually revised."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has developed a five-year **strategic plan**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to **make plans** for the future.",
                    "contextForm": "plan for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both sides agreed to a detailed plan for keeping the peace.",
                    "contextForm": "plan for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**contingency plans **for dealing with an epidemic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has **announced plans** to create one million new training places.",
                    "contextForm": "plan to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **develop/devise a plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **unveil/outline a plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **implement a plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **stick to/change a plan**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's hope everything will **go according to plan**.",
                    "contextForm": "according to plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under this plan, 98% of all Americans will get a tax cut.",
                    "contextForm": "under a plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new plan for reducing traffic accidents was unveiled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any contingency plans if the scheme doesn't work?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any contingency plans if there is a delay?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even the best-laid plans can go wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local residents have vowed to fight plans to build a new road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Plans to build a dam have been shelved following protests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The airline intends to file a reorganization plan within three months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has ambitious plans for prison reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government launched a five-year plan aimed at diversifying the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moves contravene the peace plan agreed by both sides."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan calls for investments totalling $100 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan calls for massive investment in the region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan contains four main elements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president will now press ahead with his plans for reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To change anything in this organization, we'll need a plan of action."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to develop a sound business plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a three-point action plan to improve hygiene at work"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Senators signed a letter opposing the plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Senior officials put forward a three-year plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The corporation is pressing ahead with plans to build a new power station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The peace plan was agreed at an international summit meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan will be put into action within the next three months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are working on an economic development plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will need a clear and realistic business plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a plan of campaign"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a six-week low-fat eating plan"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ambitious", "audacious", "grand"],
                "verb + plan": ["have", "come up with", "create"],
                "plan + verb": [
                    "be afoot",
                    "be aimed at something",
                    "call for something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["plan for", "plan to"],
                "phrases": ["go to plan", "a plan of action", "a plan of attack"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a detailed map of a building, town, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you have a plan of the museum?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We asked for a street plan of the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main markets were clearly marked on the plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan shows the exact location of the house."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["street", "town", "seating"],
                "verb + plan": ["draw", "file"],
                "plan + verb": ["show something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a detailed drawing of a machine, building, etc. that shows its size, shape and measurements",
            "sensetop": "plan for something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The original plans of the building have not survived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The architect is **drawing up plans** for the new offices.",
                    "contextForm": "plan for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Plans for our extension have been submitted for approval."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A final version of the plans and specifications has been produced."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She drew some plans and elevations of the church's structure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan shows where all the electrical points will go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plans were made some time ago, but work on the building has not yet started."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He produced a plan of the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enemy spies stole the plans for the new aircraft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Site plans were filed with the city this week."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["street", "town", "seating"],
                "verb + plan": ["draw", "file"],
                "plan + verb": ["show something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a diagram that shows how something will be arranged",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a seating plan *(= showing where each person will sit, for example at a dinner)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a floor plan *(= showing how furniture is arranged)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who was responsible for the seating plan?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The floor plan is very simple."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["street", "town", "seating"],
                "verb + plan": ["draw", "file"],
                "plan + verb": ["show something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a way of investing money for the future or buying insurance for something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a savings plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **health plan**"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pension", "retirement", "savings"],
                "plan + verb": ["set up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to think of something you can do to solve a problem or make something happen",
            "labels": "(South African English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's going to be difficult to find the time but I'll make a plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’ll make a plan to get it copied and sent to you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the pain hasn’t gone by tomorrow, I’ll make a plan."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to agree to a suggestion that you think is good",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/plæn/",
                "audio": "pl/plan/plan__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/plæn/",
                "audio": "pl/plan/plan__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from French, from earlier plant ‘ground plan, plane surface’, influenced in sense by Italian pianta ‘plan of building’. Compare with plant."
}