suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution &c (provision) 673; deep-
laid plan &c (premeditated) 611; system &c (order) 58; organization &c
(arrangement) 60; germ &c (cause) 153.
sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.]; rough cast, rough draft, draught copy; copy; proof,
revise.
drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart
(representation) 554.
forecast, program, programme, prospectus; carte du pays [Fr.];
card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare &c
(food) 298; base of operations; platform, plank, slate [U.S.], ticket
[U.S.].
role; policy &c (line of conduct) 692.
contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice,
device; pipelaying [U.S.]; stratagem &c (cunning) 702; trick &c
(deception) 545; alternative, loophole; shift &c (substitute) 147; last
shift &c (necessity) 601.
measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump
card, court card; cheval de bataille [Fr.], great gun; coup, coup
d'etat [Fr.]; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good
stroke; bright thought, bright idea.
intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot†, machination; subplot,
underplot†, counterplot.
schemer, schemist†, schematist†; strategist, machinator; projector,
artist, promoter, designer &c v.; conspirator; intrigant &c (cunning)
702 [Obs.].
V. plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch;
devise, invent &c (imagine) 515; set one's wits to work &c 515; spring
a project; fall upon, hit upon; strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay
out, map out; lay down a plan; shape out a course, mark out a course;
predetermine &c 611; concert, preconcert, preestablish; prepare &c 673;
hatch, hatch a plot concoct; take steps, take measures.
cast, recast, systematize, organize; arrange &c 60; digest,
mature.
plot; counter-plot, counter-mine; dig a mine; lay a train;
intrigue &c (cunning) 702.
Adj. planned &c v.; strategic, strategical; planning &c v.; prepared,
in course of preparation &c 673; under consideration; on the tapis†, on
the carpet, on the floor.