master plan

master plan

See also: masterplan

English

Noun

master plan (plural master plans)

1. A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself.
   • 1969, “The Creator Has a Master Plan”, in Karma, performed by Pharoah Sanders & Leon Thomas:

     The creator has a master plan / Peace and happiness for every man

   • 2014 July 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014:

     "Of course, this wasn't part of some master plan. I impulsively used my vast power to do something nice without thinking it through. And then something I didn't expect happened. Even though I should have expected it."

2. (architecture) A small-scale graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a project.

Translations

a comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy

German: Gesamtkonzept n, Masterplan (de) m, Rahmenplan m Hebrew: תכנית אב‎ f (tokhnít-áv)

a graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a building project

German: Bauleitplan m, Bebauungsplan (de) m, Generalplan m, Hauptbebauungsplan m, Raumordnung (de) f Russian: генера́льный план m (generálʹnyj plan), генпла́н (ru) m (genplán)

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