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plan⋅ning
[plan-ing] 
–noun
| the act or process of making a plan or plans. |
plan
[plan] noun, verb, planned, plan⋅ning.–noun
| 1. | a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. |
| 2. | a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests. |
| 3. | a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future. |
| 4. | Also called plan view. a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building. |
| 5. | a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area. |
| 6. | (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye. |
| 7. | a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center. |
| 9. | to make plans for: to plan one's vacation. |
| 10. | to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement. |
Origin:
1670–80; < F: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, n. use of the adj.: flat, plane 1 , learned borrowing of L plānus level (cf. plain 1 )
1670–80; < F: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, n. use of the adj.: flat, plane 1 , learned borrowing of L plānus level (cf. plain 1 )
Related forms:
planless, adjective
plan⋅less⋅ly, adverb
plan⋅less⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. plot, formula, system. Plan, project, design, scheme imply a formulated method of doing something. Plan refers to any method of thinking out acts and purposes beforehand: What are your plans for today? A project is a proposed or tentative plan, often elaborate or extensive: an irrigation project. Design suggests art, dexterity, or craft (sometimes evil and selfish) in the elaboration or execution of a plan, and often tends to emphasize the purpose in view: a misunderstanding brought about by design. A scheme is apt to be either a speculative, possibly impracticable, plan, or a selfish or dishonest one: a scheme to swindle someone. 4. sketch, draft, diagram, chart. 8. design, devise, plot.
1. plot, formula, system. Plan, project, design, scheme imply a formulated method of doing something. Plan refers to any method of thinking out acts and purposes beforehand: What are your plans for today? A project is a proposed or tentative plan, often elaborate or extensive: an irrigation project. Design suggests art, dexterity, or craft (sometimes evil and selfish) in the elaboration or execution of a plan, and often tends to emphasize the purpose in view: a misunderstanding brought about by design. A scheme is apt to be either a speculative, possibly impracticable, plan, or a selfish or dishonest one: a scheme to swindle someone. 4. sketch, draft, diagram, chart. 8. design, devise, plot.
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Link To planning
| plan (plān) n.
v. tr.
To make plans. [French, alteration (influenced by plan, flat surface) of plant, ground plan, map, from planter, to plant, from Latin plantāre, from planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in Indo-European roots.] plan'ner n. Synonyms: These nouns denote a method or program in accordance with which something is to be done or accomplished: has no vacation plans; a blueprint for reorganizing the company; social conventions of human design; an urban-renewal project; a new scheme for conservation; a strategy for survival. |
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