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English

Verb

planning


Noun

  1. action of the verb to plan
  2. the act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans
  3. the act of making contingency plans


Usage notes

Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in tranlated works.

Derived terms


Translations

fr:planning hu:planning nl:planning fi:planning ta:planning vi:planning zh:planning

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Plan \Plan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Planning.]
1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by
a diagram.
[1913 Webster]

2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as,
to plan the conquest of a country.
[1913 Webster]

Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet plan
n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be
accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they
discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: program, programme]
2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard
made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for
living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design]
3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were
on file" [syn: architectural plan]
v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He
plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels
had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: be after]
2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his
family"
3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan
an attack" [syn: project, contrive, design]
4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic
form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of
the museum" [syn: design]
[also: planning, planned]
WordNet planning
n 1: an act of formulating a program for a definite course of
action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself"
2: the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some
project or enterprise
3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in
the event of something happening; "his planning for
retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: preparation,
provision]
WordNet planning
See plan
Moby Dictionary
adjustment , approach , arrangement , attack , basic training ,
blueprint , blueprinting , briefing , calculation , charting ,
clearing the decks , codification , conception , contrivance ,
coordination , design , device , disposition , enterprise ,
envisagement , equipment , familiarization , figuring , fixing ,
foresight , forethought , foundation , frame-up , game , graphing ,
ground plan , groundwork , guidelines , harmonization , idea ,
intention , layout , lineup , long-range plan , makeready ,
making ready , manufacture , mapping , master plan , method ,
methodization , methodology , mobilization , normalization ,
operations research , ordination , organization , packed deal ,
packed jury , plan , planning function , plotting , prearrangement ,
preconcertedness , preliminaries , preliminary , preliminary act ,
preliminary step , premeditation , preordering , prep , preparation ,
preparatory study , preparing , prepping , prerequisite , pretreatment ,
procedure , processing , program , program of action , propaedeutic ,
provision , put-up job , rationalization , readying , regularization ,
regulation , rigged jury , routinization , schedule , schema ,
schematism , schematization , scheme , scheme of arrangement ,
scheming , setup , spadework , stacked deck , strategic plan , strategy ,
system , systematization , tactical plan , tactics , the big picture ,
the picture , training , treatment , trial , tryout , warm-up , way ,
working plan


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