Planning

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as,
        to plan the conquest of a country.
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              Even in penance, planning sins anew.  --Goldsmith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  planning
       See {plan}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "planning":
     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