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masterplan

masterplan is the alternative form of master plan.

Meaning of master plan

Noun

master plan (plural master plans)

  1. (idiomatic) A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself.
    • The creator has a master plan / Peace and happiness for every man1969, “The Creator Has a Master Plan”, in Karma, performed by Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas
  2. A small-scale graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a project.

Verb

masterplan (third-person singular simple present masterplans, present participle masterplanning, simple past and past participle masterplanned)

  1. (transitive) To make a master plan of; to strategize.
    • I'm keen to discuss the extent to which masterplanning can manage and, perhaps, even forecast the future.2013, Tom Verebes, editor, Masterplanning the Adaptive City: Computational Urbanism in the Twenty-First Century, Routledge, →ISBN, page 23

Forms of masterplan

Noun
pluralmasterplans
Verb
third-person singular presentmasterplans
present participlemasterplanning
past participlemasterplanned
pastmasterplanned

Questions about masterplan

What does masterplan mean?
Masterplan means to make a master plan of; to strategize.
What is masterplan the alternative form of?
Masterplan is the alternative form of master plan.
What part of speech is masterplan?
Masterplan is a verb.
What is the past tense of masterplan?
The past tense of masterplan is masterplanned.

Words near masterplan in the dictionary

  1. mastermindings
  2. masterminds
  3. masterous
  4. masterpiece
  5. masterpieces
  6. masterplan
  7. masterplanned
  8. masterplanning
  9. masterplans
  10. masterpoint
  11. masterpoints

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