noun
plural plans
a set of actions that have been thought of as a way to do or achieve something [count]
Not everything at the show went according to plan. [=the way it was supposed to] - see also game plan, master plan
something that a person intends to do [count]
We would love to have dinner at your house Friday night, but we already have plans. [=we are already planning/expecting to do something else]
[count] :a detailed agreement for telephone service, medical care, insurance, etc.
[count] :a drawing that shows the parts or details of something (such as a building, town, machine, etc.)
a seating plan [=a drawing that shows the places where particular people will sit at a gathering] - often plural
verb
plans; planned; planning
to think about and arrange the parts or details of (something) before it happens or is made [+ obj]
to intend or expect to do (something) [+ obj]
followed by to + verb
followed by on + -ing verb
[no obj] :to expect something to happen - + for or on