master-plan

¹

[mas-ter-plan, mah-ster-]

verb (used with object)

master-planned, master-planning 

1. to construct a master plan for.

   to master-plan one's career.

2. to develop or improve (land, a community, a building complex, or the like) through a long-range plan that balances and harmonizes all elements.

   The engineers master-planned the island to provide for increases in the tourist population.

master plan

²

noun

1. a general plan or program for achieving an objective.

master plan

noun

1. a comprehensive long-term strategy

Word History and Origins

Origin of master-plan¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Carney’s master plan for breaking U.S. dependency—extracting more natural resources and diversifying their export—will take years at best, and he may not be making the best start.

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The centerpiece of the primary gallery is a rarely resurrected penciled drawing of Fantasyland from Bruce Bushman, who created pre-opening concept art for the land inspired by Marvin Davis’ master plans.

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The first map, he said, is consistent with the master plan already in place, while the second map is only a concept: “It doesn’t tell you how it’s going to get there.”

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The new Baldwin Hills Conservancy commissioned a master plan that set the goal of “One Big Park.”

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If the double-stranded DNA contains the body’s master plan, the single-stranded RNA is the messenger, telling the cell’s protein factories how to build the three-dimensional shapes that make the whole.

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Related Words

• blueprint 
• scheme