master plan

¹

noun

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

master-plan

²

[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

noun

1. a comprehensive long-term strategy

Word History and Origins

Origin of master plan¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“It wasn’t as much solving this like, master plan or whatever. It was moreso helping him actualize the things that he was seeing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Francis is determined to keep his two bosses apart, a recipe for farcical mayhem, made all the more complicated by Rachel’s convincing drag act and Stanley’s ignorance of her master plan.

From Los Angeles Times

The preliminary plan, issued in February, is the basis for a detailed master plan and environmental report Centennial Partners is expected to complete by the spring.

From Los Angeles Times

But Mr Bonoan says a master plan to tackle the floods is being put together with help from the World Bank, adding that Manila has allocated billions of pesos to the problem.

From BBC

“The original master plan called for a town center, vocational training and housing,” Begland said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• blueprint 
• scheme