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planned

planned
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pland]
    • /plænd/
    • /plæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pland]
    • /plænd/

Definitions of planned word

  • adjective planned arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack. 1
  • noun planned a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. 1
  • noun planned a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests. 1
  • noun planned a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future. 1
  • noun planned 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. 1
  • noun planned a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area. 1

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Origin of planned

First appearance:

before 1725
One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1725-30; plan + -ed2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Planned

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

planned popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

planned usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for planned

adj planned

  • accidentally on purpose — Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
  • aforethought — premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
  • aimed — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
  • all set — prepared; ready
  • all systems go — ready for action

noun planned

  • idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
  • comped — a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
  • coursed — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
  • deeded — something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act: Do a good deed every day.
  • diagrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.

verb planned

  • chalked — Simple past tense and past participle of chalk.
  • choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
  • colluded — Simple past tense and past participle of collude.
  • connived — Simple past tense and past participle of connive.
  • conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.

adjective planned

  • coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
  • controlled — held in check; curbed: poorly controlled anger.
  • deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
  • designed — made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
  • designful — full of design or intention

Antonyms for planned

adj planned

  • accidental — An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
  • ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
  • aleatory — dependent on chance
  • all over the map — changeable
  • at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.

adjective planned

  • chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  • designless — without a design, unplanned
  • disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • extemporary — Extemporaneous.

verb planned

  • chanced — Simple past tense and past participle of chance.
  • extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
  • jeopardized — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopardize.

noun planned

  • fluked — Having flukes.
  • gambled — Simple past tense and past participle of gamble.
  • happed — a comforter or quilt.
  • hazarded — Simple past tense and past participle of hazard.
  • misplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.

Top questions with planned

  • what is planned parenthood?

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