noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Verbal noun of plan: action of the verb to plan.; The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise wordnet
3. 3
   Verbal noun of plan: action of the verb to plan.; The act of making contingency plans. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action wordnet
5. 5
   Ellipsis of planning permission. British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

   "My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning."

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6. 6
   the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of plan form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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adjustmentapproacharrangementattackbasic trainingblueprint

Example

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"I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain."

Related phrases

advocacy planningbusiness continuity planningcapacity planningcentral planningcentralised planningcentralized planningdecentral planningdecentralised planningdecentralized planningdemand planningestate planningfamily planning

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