PLANNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does planned mean? 

• PLANNED (adjective)
  The adjective PLANNED has 2 senses:

1. designed or carried out according to a plan

2. with planning and intention

  Familiarity information: PLANNED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Designed or carried out according to a plan

Context example:

the planned outlays for new equipment

Similar:

contrived (showing effects of planning or manipulation)

deep-laid (secretly and carefully planned)

predetermined; preset (set in advance)

put-up (planned secretly)

Also:

intended (resulting from one's intentions)

premeditated (characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning)

Antonym:

unplanned (without apparent forethought or prompting or planning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

With planning and intention

Synonyms:

aforethought; planned; plotted

Context example:

with malice aforethought

Similar:

premeditated (characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning)

 Context examples 

A clinical encounter that encompasses planned and unplanned trial interventions, procedures and assessments that may be performed on a subject.

(Patient Visit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

EXAMPLE(S): early or late occurrence of an activity, such as early withdrawal from study; higher/lower amount of a transfer, such as transfer of less study agent than planned

(Performed Administrative Activity Variance Reason, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A coded value specifying the kind of organizations planned to participate as study sites for an activity.

(Participating Organization Type Code, NCI Thesaurus)

No longer planned or scheduled (said of events).

(Off, NCI Thesaurus)

If the planned treatment is ABVD/MOPP code as one chemotherapy regimen.

(Number of Prior Chemotherapies, NCI Thesaurus)

The man who wrote all his words first is undoubtedly the man who planned the affair.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Specifies whether a change in the substance administration in relation to the previous substance administration is planned or not.

(Performed Substance Administration Planned Change Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

We had no other interest than Wolf Larsen, and his presence weighed us down with an apprehension which prevented us from doing any of the little things we had planned.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I feel you have something terrible planned all the while.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The date and time span when the planned event or activity actually began and ended.

(Actual Date Range, NCI Thesaurus)