Plan

Plan, design, plot, scheme, project mean a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end. Plan always implies mental formulation and sometimes graphic representation. A plan is typically any list of steps, with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective.

A plan is a method of achieving something that you have worked out in detail beforehand. The three leaders had worked out a peace plan. The project is part of a united nations plan for refugees.

They plan to buy a house. As a verb, plan means the act of thinking about how to achieve your aims. You might plan to apply to colleges soon.

When you plan something, you're laying the seeds for a future result, so it's not. 2 days agoa plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.