'Planning' definitions:
Definition of 'planning'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself"
noun
The act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
noun
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: planning, preparation, provision]
Definition of 'Planning'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. [1913 Webster]
- Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'planning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Planning'
- Plan,
- Planned,
- Body plan,
- Contribution plan,
- Floor plan,
- Ground plan,
- On the European plan,
- Sheer plan,
- american plan,
- architectural plan,
- battle plan,
- bermuda plan,
- city planning,
- commission plan,
- continental plan,
- european plan,
- family planning,
- game plan,
- hotel plan,
- installment plan,
- keogh plan,
- marshall plan,
- master plan,
- meal plan,
- pension plan,
- plan of action,
- plan of attack,
- planned community,
- planning board,
- planning commission,
- retirement plan,
- secret plan,
- time plan,
- town planning,
- travel plan,
- urban planning,
- 401-k plan,
- employee savings plan,
- modified american plan,
- natural family planning,
- open-plan,
- retirement savings plan,
- stock purchase plan,
- well-planned,
- Half-breadth plan,
- employee stock ownership plan,
- ovulation method of family planning,
- basal body temperature method of family planning,
- divided divided up shared shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose