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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
master plan
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The state recently unveiled its master plan for higher education.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And so they moved, with no master plan in mind, first to their small flat in Brussels.
▪ If he was briefly waylaid by the hippie years, he quickly put the master plan back into action.
▪ None the less, start out with a master plan and wherever possible, use it.
▪ Not a secret master plan on the part of the Emperor - but a dagger aimed at his heart?
▪ The master plan was scheduled to be implemented in 1975.
▪ The master plan will determine what kind of fees users will be charged for such amenities.
▪ The challenge Chapter 4 will provide you with an opportunity to create a master plan from what you have learned.
Wiktionary
master plan

n. 1 A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy 2 (context architecture English) A small-scale graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a project

WordNet
master plan

n. a long-term outline of a project or government function; "the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development"

Wikipedia
Master plan

Master plan, Masterplan or The Master Plan may refer to:

Master Plan (Dave Weckl album)

Master Plan is a 1990 studio album by drummer Dave Weckl.

Master Plan (film)

Master Plan is a 1991 Indian Malayalam film directed by Kumar Mahadevan.

Usage examples of "master plan".

Although Sondheim had long thought that Dieter Pan and Franz Dokken still resented each other, the two had entered into their own alliance, manipulating events, working a master plan to see the Guild destroyed and the landholders laid low.

As far as Chase could tell, Seward had long since given up his master plan to start a worldwide war in order to restore the Union whilst acquiring new exotic territories for the greater American republic.

It had been a frustrating day- Celadeyr of Afaliah had taken great exception to Aiken's master plan for the raid on Felice's lair.

It was on a journey of no return, for the Japanese high command realized that if Sho-Go, their master plan, failed, they would be forced to rely upon other tactics.