ALL meanings of planning
plan·ning
P p - noun planning a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans. 1
- noun planning a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests. 1
- noun planning a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future. 1
- noun planning 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 planning a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area. 1
- noun planning (in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye. 1
- noun planning a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan. 1
- verb with object planning to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center. 1
- verb with object planning to make plans for: to plan one's vacation. 1
- verb with object planning to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building. 1
- verb without object planning to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement. 1
- abbreviation PLANNING preparation 1
- uncountable noun planning Planning is the process of deciding in detail how to do something before you actually start to do it. 0
- uncountable noun planning Planning is control by the local government of the way that land is used in an area and of what new buildings are built there. 0
- noun planning the process of deciding in detail how to do something before actually starting to do it 0
- noun planning control by the local government of the way that land is used in an area and of what new buildings are built there 0