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plans for the weekend? c) a way of doing something or bringing something about: Your best plan would be to catch a taxi; that's the only way you'll get there in time. → see REFUSE (USAGE) 2 a) an arrangement of the parts of a group or system: What's the seating plan for the guests at dinner? b) a maplike drawing showing this: a street-plan of London | The spy stole the secret plans for the new submarine. 3 a drawing of a building or room as it might be seen from above, showing the shape, measurements, position of the walls etc → compare ELEVATION, SECTION¹; see also GROUND PLAN
plan² v -nn- 1 [(for, on); T (OUT)] to make a plan for (something); arrange (carefully) in advance: He never plans (ahead) — he just waits to see what will happen. | We hadn't planned for/on so many guests, so there wasn't enough food. | We've been planning this visit for months; it's all planned out. | I'd planned on doing some work this afternoon. (=that's what I had intended to do) | [+to-v] Where do you plan (=intend) to spend your holiday? 2 [T] to make drawings, models, or other representations of (something to be built or made); DESIGN: the architect who planned the new shopping centre
Plan B /plæn 'bi:/ n [U] a second plan or course of action, which you can use if things do not happen the way you expect them to
Planck, Max /plæŋk||pla:ŋk/ (1858–1947) a German scientist who developed the ideas on which QUANTUM THEORY is based
plane¹ /pleɪn/ n 1 an AEROPLANE: The next plane to New York departs in 20 minutes. | It's quicker by plane. 2 a level; standard: Let's keep the conversation on a friendly plane. | You can't really compare the two newspapers – they're on completely different intellectual planes. 3 tech (in GEOMETRY) a completely flat surface
If you are in control of a plane you fly it or pilot it. As a passenger, you travel by plane, and in or on a particular plane. At the beginning of your journey you get on or board a plane and at the end of your journey you get off it. → see also DRIVE¹ (USAGE), TRANSPORT (USAGE), STEER (USAGE)
plane² adj [A] tech 1 completely flat and smooth: a plane surface 2 about or being lines and figures with only length and width; TWO-DIMENSIONAL: Plane geometry is the study of plane figures, angles, measurements etc
plane³ n a tool with a blade that takes very thin pieces off wooden surfaces to make them smooth
plane⁴ v [T] to use a PLANE on: He planed the door. | He planed the door smooth. | Try to plane down those bumps in the wood.
plane⁵ n a PLANE TREE
plane-load /'pleɪnləʊd/ n the number of people or amount of something that an aircraft will hold
plan-et /'plænɪt/ n a large body in space that moves round a star, especially round the sun: The Earth is a planet. | the planet Mars | Is there life on other planets? ---ary adj: planetary motion → see also INTERPLANETARY
plan-e-tar-i-um /ˌplæn'teərɪəm/ n pl. -riums or -ria /-rɪə/ a building containing an apparatus that throws spots of light onto the inside of a curved roof to show the movements of planets and stars. Members of the public pay to visit a planetarium and to watch the images while listening to a talk.
Planet 'Hollywood trademark a restaurant in some cities around the world, based on the THEME (=subject) of the cinema and selling typical American food. It is owned by several well-known film actors, including Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone. Customers can watch short pieces of film while they eat, and are surrounded by objects that are connected with films. They can also buy goods with the Planet Hollywood name on, such as T-SHIRTS and hats.
Planet of the 'Apes (1968) a US film about a society in the future in which intelligent monkeys, who can speak, rule the world and control humans.
plane tree also plane n a broad-leaved wide-spreading tree that commonly grows in towns in Britain
Plan-ets, The /'plænɪts/ (1916) a very popular piece of CLASSICAL music by Gustav HOLST, in which each of the different parts represents one of the PLANETS (such as Mars or Jupiter) and the Roman god after whom it is named
plan-gent /'plændʒənt/ adj lit (of a sound) having an expressive and sorrowful quality ---ly adv —gency n [U]
plank /plæŋk/ n 1 a long narrow usually heavy piece of wooden board, especially used for making structures to walk on: a small bridge made of planks 2 any of the main principles of a political party's stated set of aims: The main plank in their election programme is the promise to cut taxes. → see also as thick as two planks (TH