| approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
| floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
| ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
parallel bars
bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
parallel circuit
shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
parallel interface
parallel port | an interface between a computer and a printer where the computer sends multiple bits of information to the printer simultaneously |
plan
architectural plan | scale drawing of a structure, the plans for City Hall were on file |
uneven parallel bars
uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
analogue
analog
parallel | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
| design plan | an arrangement scheme, the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult, it was an excellent design for living, a plan for seating guests |
plan
program
programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
| master plan | a long-term outline of a project or government function, the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development |
| plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
| battle plan | plan for conducting a battle |
travel plan
itinerary | a proposed route of travel |
| game plan | (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport |
| game plan | (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs, newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion |
plot
secret plan
game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal), they concocted a plot to discredit the governor, I saw through his little game from the start |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
| Keogh plan | a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons |
| employee savings plan | a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer |
| stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
employee stock ownership plan
ESOP | a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company |
Euclid's fifth axiom
parallel axiom | only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line |
| Parallel Lives | a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch, used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays |
| commission plan | a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission |
latitude line of latitude
parallel of latitude
parallel | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
| parallel-veined leaf | a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem |
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Program | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (-), named after George Marshall |
installment plan
installment buying
time plan | a system for paying for goods by installments |
hotel plan
meal plan | a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel |
| American plan | a hotel plan that includes three meals daily |
| modified American plan | a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch) |
| Bermuda plan | a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily |
European plan
continental plan | a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily |
multiprocessing
parallel processing | simultaneous processing by two or more processing units |
parallel operation
simultaneous operation | the simultaneous execution of two or more operations |
| parallel | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes), parallels never meet |
parallel
collimate | make or place parallel to something, They paralleled the ditch to the highway |
| plan | make plans for something, He is planning a trip with his family |
| plan be after | have the will and intention to carry out some action, He plans to be in graduate school next year, The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion |
plan
project contrive design | make or work out a plan for, devise, They contrived to murder their boss, design a new sales strategy, plan an attack |
design
plan | make a design of, plan out in systematic, often graphic form, design a better mousetrap, plan the new wing of the museum |
| parallel-park | park directly behind another vehicle |
| parallel | be parallel to, Their roles are paralleled by ours |
twin
duplicate
parallel | duplicate or match, The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse |
| parallel | being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting, parallel lines never converge, concentric circles are parallel, dancers in two parallel rows |
| open-plan | (of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions |
| parallel | of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations, parallel processing |