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план — meaning in English

plan

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English meaning

  • design noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
  • device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
  • diagram noun A simplified drawing that shows how something works or how its parts relate to each other.
  • idea noun A thought, plan, or mental impression formed in the mind.
  • layout noun The way parts of something are arranged or positioned.
  • outline noun The line or shape marking the edge of something.
  • plan noun A set of intended actions worked out in advance to achieve a goal.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.
  • project noun A planned piece of work with a specific goal, carried out in stages.
  • scheme noun A plan for how to do something, especially an organized or official one.

Senses

план is used for these senses in English:

  • design A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
  • device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
  • diagram A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.
  • idea A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]
  • plot A plan; a purpose.
  • project A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
  • scheme A systematic plan of future action. [from 18th c.]

design — full definition

  1. noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
  2. verb To plan and work out the details of something before it is made.
  3. noun A decorative pattern.

device — full definition

  1. noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
  2. noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
  3. noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.

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