| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A method used in dealing with something: approach, attack, course, line, modus operandi, procedure, tack, technique. See MEANS. 2. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something: blueprint, design, game plan, idea, layout, project, schema, scheme, strategy. See PLANNED. 3. Systematic arrangement and design: method, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, system, systematization, systemization. See ORDER. | | VERB: | 1. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay1, 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, design, lay out, map (out), set out. See PLANNED. 3. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, intend, mean1, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional : mind. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 4. To set the time for (an event or occasion): schedule, time. See TIME.
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