plan on
Mean to do
Plan on is to intend or expect to do something, or to count on something happening.
I plan on finishing the project by Friday.
We hadn't planned on so many people showing up.
The phrase often carries a sense of anticipation or assumption that shapes one's actions, whether or not events cooperate.
Have as purpose
- expectConsider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- aimPurpose or direction
- proposePut forth formally
look forward to · hope · aspire · resolve · contemplate · envision · foresee · schedule
State of awaiting something
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- predictionForecast of coming events
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
likelihood · probability · projection · outlook · eventuality · contingency · presumption · calculation
intend
Have as purpose
- expectConsider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- aimPurpose or direction
propose · look forward to · hope · aspire · resolve · contemplate · envision · foresee · schedule · arrange
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- predictionForecast of coming events
assumption · likelihood · probability · projection · outlook · eventuality · contingency · presumption · calculation · estimate
plan onwing it
Act without preparation
play it by ear · improvise · go with the flow · fly by the seat of one's pants · happen upon
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