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Meaning of plāns | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR A2 Common
[ˈplāːns]

Definitions

  1. barn floor, threshing floor (syn. klons)
    declension-1, dialectal
  2. plan, map, blueprint, layout (a detailed drawing or scheme of an object, a building, a territory)
    declension-1
  3. plan, map (a drawing indicating the path of a movement, its direction, order, etc.)
    declension-1
  4. plan (a future event worked out in detail; the corresponding text or document)
    declension-1
  5. plan (intention, idea, thoughts about the future realization of some course of action)
    declension-1
  6. plan (concise sequential formulation of the structure of a text)
    declension-1
  7. plane (view from a certain standpoint, as a certain sphere of expression)
    declension-1
  8. plane (location of an object or a part of it, depending on the viewer's vantage point)
    declension-1
  9. plane (the frame at which a scene is filmed)
    declension-1
  10. plane (level of importance)
    declension-1, locative, usually

Equivalents

Bosanski plan
English plan thin
Hrvatski plan
Kurdî plan
Српски plan

Examples

“skolas plāns”

plan, blueprint of the school

“dzīvokļa plāns”

plan, blueprint of the apartment

“parka, stadiona plāns”

plan of the park, of the stadium

“izstrādāt ēkas plānu”

to develop a plan for the building

“labojumi ciemata plānā”

corrections in the village plans

“evakuācijas plāns”

evaculation plan

“ekspedīcijas pārvietošanās plāns”

expedition travel plan

“karaspēka virzības plāns”

troop advancement plan, map

“ražošanas plāns”

production plan

“ekonomiskās un sociālās attīstības kompleksais plāns”

a combined plan for economical and social development

“izstrādāt, nospraust, apstiprināt plānu”

to develop, to outline, to approve a plan

“nodrošināt plāna izspildi”

to ensure the execution of a plan

“veikt darbu saskaņā ar plānu”

to perform work according to plan

“nākotnes plāni”

plans (for) the future

“man galvā jaucas dažādi plāni: kā dzīvot tālāk, ko darīt...”

in my head various plans are mixed: how to live further, what to do...

“disertācijas plāns”

dissertation plan

“sacerējuma, romāana plāns”

essay, novel plan

“nolasīt lekcijas plānu”

to read the lecture plan

“nemanāmi cieši abās lugās kopā savijusies sociālais un individuālais plāns”

in both plays the social and individual planes are closely, seamlessly intertwined

“skatuves iekārtojumā izšķir trīs plānus: priekšējo, vidējo un dziļo plānu”

in the organization of a stage one distinguishes three planes: the front (= foreground), the middle (= midground) and the deep (= background) plane.

“dažreiz uzņemtā aina, epizode, atsevišķs plāns jāiemontē pavisam citā filma vietā, nekā scenārija bijis paredzēts”

sometimes the captured scene, episode, a different plan must be fitted at a completely different point in the movie than had been intended in the screenplay

“rakstnieks šo tēlu atstājis trēšajā plānā”

the writer left this image in the third plane

“kopš pašām pirmajām darba dienām skolotājas personīga dzīve attālinājās kaut kur otrajā plānā”

since the very first days of work, a schoolteacher's personal life is moved back somewhere into the second plane (= background)

“ja vairāk pirmajā plānā izvirzītos autora iecerētā doma, lugas pamatideja izrādē izskanētu vēl spēcīgāk, emocionālāk, pārliecinošāk”

if the author's intended thought had been put forward more in the first plane (= foreground), then the play's main idea would have sounded stronger, more emotional, more persuasive

“rijas plāns”

barn floor

“virtuves plāns”

kitchen (earthen, clay) floor

“kambarītim nebija grīdas, tāpat kā istabai; bet plāns te izskatījas gludāks, tīrāks, sausāks, jo vistas netika iekšā”

the basement had no (log) floor, like the room; but the (clay, earth) floor there looked smoother, cleaner, drier, because there were no chickens inside

“ja man vēl šodien istabai kakti jāizslauka tikpat tīri kā plāna vidus, tad to man tika mācījusi pamāte”

if to this day I wipe the corners of my room as clean as the middle of the floor, then (it is because) my stepmother taught me (to do so)

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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