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Definitions for Planning

[1] the act or process of making a plan or plans.
[2] a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
[3] a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests.
[4] a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future.
[5] 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.
[6] a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area.
[7] (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.
[8] a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan.
[9] to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center.
[10] to make plans for: to plan one's vacation.
[11] to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.
[12] to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.
[13] a detailed scheme, method, etc, for attaining an objective
[14] (sometimes plural) a proposed, usually tentative idea for doing something
[15] a drawing to scale of a horizontal section through a building taken at a given level; a view from above an object or an area in orthographic projection Compare ground plan (def. 1), elevation (def. 5)
[16] an outline, sketch, etc
[17] (in perspective drawing) any of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision and between the eye and object depicted
[18] to form a plan (for) or make plans (for)
[19] (tr) to make a plan of (a building)
[20] (tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to have in mind as a purpose; intend

Words related to Planning

plan, outlining, devising

Words nearby Planning

planned, planned economy, planned obsolescence, planned parenthood, planner, planning, planning blight, planning permission, plano, plano-, plano-concave

Origin of Planning

1670–80; < French: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, noun use of the adj.: flat, plane1, learned borrowing of Latin plānus level (cf. plain1)

Words that may be confused with Planning

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, planplain, plan, plane

Other words from Planning

plan·less , adjective
plan·less·ly , adverb
plan·less·ness , noun
mis·plan , verb, mis·planned, mis·plan·ning.
out·plan , verb (used with object), out·planned, out·plan·ning.
o·ver·plan , verb, o·ver·planned, o·ver·plan·ning.
pre·plan , verb, pre·planned, pre·plan·ning.
re·plan , verb (used with object), re·planned, re·plan·ning.
un·der·plan , noun
un·der·plan , verb (used with object), un·der·planned, un·der·plan·ning.
un·plan , verb (used with object), un·planned, un·plan·ning.
well-planned , adjective

Word origin for Planning

C18: via French from Latin plānus flat; compare plane 1 , plain 1

Synonyms for Planning

plan, devising, outlining