Plan
Nouns
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plan, scheme, design, project
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proposal, proposition, suggestion
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resolution, motion
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precaution etc. (provision) Preparation
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deep-laid plan etc. (premeditated) Predetermination
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system etc. (order) Order
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organization etc. (arrangement) [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement
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germ etc. (cause) [Constant antecedent]. Cause. sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft
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rough cast, rough draft, draught copy
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copy
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proof, revise. drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation) Representation. forecast, program, programme, prospectus
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card
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bill, protocol
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order of the day, list of agenda
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bill of fare etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
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base of operations
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platform, plank, slate [U.S.], ticket [U.S.]. role
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policy etc. (line of conduct) Conduct. contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device
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pipelaying [U.S.]
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stratagem etc. (cunning) Cunning
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trick etc. (deception) Deception
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alternative, loophole
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shift etc. (substitute) [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution
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last shift etc. (necessity) Necessity. measure, step
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stroke, stroke of policy
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master stroke
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trump card, court card
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great gun
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coup
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clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke
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bright thought, bright idea. intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination
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subplot, underplot, counterplot. schemer, schemist, schematist
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strategist, machinator
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projector, artist, promoter, designer etc. v.
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conspirator
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intrigant etc. (cunning) Cunning.
Verbs
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plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch
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devise, invent etc. (imagine) Imagination
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set one's wits to work etc. Imagination
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spring a project
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fall upon, hit upon
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strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out
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lay down a plan
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shape out a course, mark out a course
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predetermine etc. Predetermination
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concert, preconcert, preestablish
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prepare etc. Preparation
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hatch, hatch a plot concoct
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take steps, take measures. cast, recast, systematize, organize
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arrange etc. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement
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digest, mature. plot
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counter-plot, counter-mine
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dig a mine
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lay a train
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intrigue etc. (cunning) Cunning.
Adjectives
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planned etc. v.
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strategic, strategical
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planning etc. v.
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prepared, in course of preparation etc. Preparation
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under consideration
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on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.