open plan

noun

1. a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.

open-plan

adjective

1. having no or few dividing walls between areas

   an open-plan office floor

Other Words From

• open-plan adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of open plan¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Found that people who were sent from traditional offices to open-plan offices “were significantly less satisfied.”

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I remember him walking past my desk in the open-plan office a few weeks later, saying hi to everyone except me.

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“Studies show that open-plan offices make workers hostile, insecure and distracted,” Cain wrote.

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