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/plˈænɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Plan v. t. (past & past part. planned; pres. part. planning)

To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. "Even in penance, planning sins anew."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Planning" Quotes from Famous Books

... movies. When he saw her successful, both histrionically and financially, when he saw that she could have her will of Joseph Bloeckman, yielding nothing in return, he would lose his silly prejudices. She lay awake half one night planning her career and enjoying her successes in anticipation, and the next morning she called up "Films Par Excellence." ...

— The Beautiful and Damned • F. Scott Fitzgerald

... me didn't say much to each other, for we knew how closely we was watched and didn't want 'em to think as we was planning our escape, so after a few words we sat down by one of the fires till it got time to lie down for the night; but we had both been a-thinking. We saw, when we lay down, that the Injuns lay pretty well around us, while two on 'em, with their rifles ready to hand, sat down by a fire ...

— True to the Old Flag - A Tale of the American War of Independence • G. A. Henty

... final report of your Potomac planning team. In my opinion, the study contributes significantly to a more complete understanding of both the opportunities and the problems of this magnificent river. The proposed program of action, when implemented, will move the area ...

— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior

... nor the time in which the work must be done; and these elements constitute the fundamental difference between the two systems. Mr. Halsey, in objecting to the use of the word "drifting" as describing his system, has referred to the use of his system in England in connection with a "rate-fixing" or planning department, and quotes as follows from his paper to show that he contemplated control of the speed of the ...

— Shop Management • Frederick Winslow Taylor

... the sense of failure. He had no desire to play the tyrant; nor had he any belief in the permanence of a mere tyranny. He clung desperately to the hope of bringing over the country to his side. He had hardly dissolved the Parliament before he was planning the summons of another, and angry at the opposition which his council offered to the project. "I will take my own resolutions," he said gloomily to his household; "I can no longer satisfy myself to sit still, and make myself guilty of the loss of all the honest ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various

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