PLANNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does planning mean? 

• PLANNING (noun)
  The noun PLANNING has 3 senses:

1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

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

  Familiarity information: PLANNING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the planning was more fun than the trip itself

Hypernyms ("planning" is a kind of...):

preparation; readying (the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "planning"):

birth control; birth prevention; family planning (limiting the number of children born)

programing; programming; scheduling (setting an order and time for planned events)

Derivation:

plan (make plans for something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("planning" is a kind of...):

design; designing (the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "planning"):

city planning; town planning; urban planning (determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community)

Derivation:

plan (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

planning; preparation; provision

Context example:

his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties

Hypernyms ("planning" is a kind of...):

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "planning"):

agreement; arrangement (the thing arranged or agreed to)

applecart (the planning that is disrupted when someone 'upsets the applecart')

malice aforethought; mens rea ((law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials)

calculation; deliberation (planning something carefully and intentionally)

forethought; premeditation (planning or plotting in advance of acting)

Derivation:

plan (make or work out a plan for; devise)

 Context examples 

Planning for the end of life can be difficult.

(End of Life Issues, NIH)

Or you may get it when you are planning or expecting a baby.

(Genetic Counseling, Genetics Home Reference)

A question about whether an individual has or had difficulty planning for the future because of their illness.

(Have Difficulty Planning for Future Due to Illness, NCI Thesaurus)

The new moon of November 26 will have you planning for the family holidays at your home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Sub-total planning and organization.

(DAD - Sub-Total Planning and Organization, NCI Thesaurus)

A proprietary treatment planning system developed by the Novalis corporation.

(BrainLab iPlan, NCI Thesaurus)

Also, test results can provide information about a disease that may help in planning treatment (for example, when estrogen receptors are measured in breast cancer).

(Immunoassay, NCI Dictionary)

If I didn’t know that he was as straight as a line, I’d ha’ thought he was planning a cross and laying against himself.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You both did as much as you could in planning the marriage.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The findings provide useful information for couples who are planning a pregnancy and who would like to minimize their risk for early pregnancy loss.

(Couples’ pre-pregnancy caffeine consumption linked to miscarriage risk, NIH)