planning
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English
Pronunciation
Verb
planning
- present participle and gerund of plan
Noun
planning (countable and uncountable, plural plannings)
- (uncountable) Action of the verb to plan.
- The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
- The act of making contingency plans.
- (informal, British) Planning permission.
- My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.
Usage notes
- Planning is context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'.
- Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.
Derived terms
- advocacy planning
- business continuity planning
- centralised planning
- centralized planning
- central planning
- decentralised planning
- decentralized planning
- decentral planning
- family planning
- finite capacity planning
- indicative planning
- language planning
- life planning
- macroplanning
- microplanning
- natural family planning
- planning area
- planning permission
- planning poker
- town planning
- urban planning
- vacation planning
Translations
action of the verb to plan
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act of formulating of a course of action
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act of making contingency plans
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Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
planning f (plural planningen, diminutive planninkje n)
- planning; schedule
- De werkzaamheden beginnen volgens de planning nog voor de bouwvak. ― According to the schedule, the work will start before the construction business holiday.
Related terms
French
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from planning.
Pronunciation
Noun
planning m (plural plannings)
Further reading
- “planning”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English planning.
Noun
planning n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of planning (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) planning | planningul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) planning | planningului |
| vocative | planningule | |