| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something: blueprint, game plan, idea, layout, plan, project, schema, scheme, strategy. See PLANNED. 2. An element or a component in a decorative composition: device, figure, motif, motive, pattern. See PART. 3. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. | | VERB: | 1. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, devise, formulate, frame, lay1, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal : dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See PLANNED. 2. To work out and arrange the parts or details of: blueprint, lay out, map (out), plan, set out. See PLANNED. 3. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, intend, mean1, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional : mind. See PLANNED, PURPOSE.
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