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planning

  • /ˈplænɪŋ/ US, UK

verb

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

noun plannings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
  2. countable, uncountable The act of making contingency plans.
  3. UK, abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Ellipsis of planning permission My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: preparation, provision, planification, project, devising, scheme, scheduled, process, designed, preparatory, strategizing, sequencing, organize, prepare, preparedness, intention

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noun action of the verb to plan

Españolplanificación, planeamiento
Portuguêsplaneamento, planejamento
Françaisplanification
DeutschPlanen
Italianopianificazione
Ελληνικάπρογραμματισμός programmatismós
Русскийплани́рование planírovanije

noun act of formulating of a course of action

日本語立案 ritsuan
Portuguêsplaneamento
Françaisplanification, prévision
DeutschPlanung
Italianopianificazione
Ελληνικάπρογραμματισμός programmatismós
Русскийплани́рование planírovanije

noun act of making contingency plans

Françaisplanification
DeutschPlanung
Italianopianificazione
Ελληνικάπρογραμματισμός programmatismós
Русскийплани́рование planírovanije

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@misc{planning_2026,
  title = {planning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/planning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}