[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plan \plan\, v. t. imp.  p. p. planned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   planning.
   1. to form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by
      a diagram.
      1913 webster

   2. to scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as,
      to plan the conquest of a country.
      1913 webster

            even in penance, planning sins anew.  --goldsmith.
      1913 webster
see also:
planned planning 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

plan
     n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be
          accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they
          discussed plans for a new bond issue" syn: program, programme
     2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard
        made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for
        living"; "a plan for seating guests" syn: design
     3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for city hall were
        on file" syn: architectural plan
     v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "he
          plans to be in graduate school next year"; "the rebels
          had planned turmoil and confusion" syn: be after
     2: make plans for something; "he is planning a trip with his
        family"
     3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "they contrived to
        murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan
        an attack" syn: project, contrive, design
     4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic
        form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of
        the museum" syn: design
     also: planning, planned
see also:
program programme design architectural plan be after project 
contrive planning planned 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

planning
     n 1: an act of formulating a program for a definite course of
          action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself"
     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; "his planning for
        retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" syn: preparation,
         provision
see also:
preparation provision 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

planning
     see plan
see also:
plan 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

110 moby thesaurus words for "planning":
   adjustment, approach, arrangement, attack, basic training,
   blueprint, blueprinting, briefing, calculation, charting,
   clearing the decks, codification, conception, contrivance,
   coordination, design, device, disposition, enterprise,
   envisagement, equipment, familiarization, figuring, fixing,
   foresight, forethought, foundation, frame-up, game, graphing,
   ground plan, groundwork, guidelines, harmonization, idea,
   intention, layout, lineup, long-range plan, makeready,
   making ready, manufacture, mapping, master plan, method,
   methodization, methodology, mobilization, normalization,
   operations research, ordination, organization, packed deal,
   packed jury, plan, planning function, plotting, prearrangement,
   preconcertedness, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act,
   preliminary step, premeditation, preordering, prep, preparation,
   preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreatment,
   procedure, processing, program, program of action, propaedeutic,
   provision, put-up job, rationalization, readying, regularization,
   regulation, rigged jury, routinization, schedule, schema,
   schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement,
   scheming, setup, spadework, stacked deck, strategic plan, strategy,
   system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, the big picture,
   the picture, training, treatment, trial, tryout, warm-up, way,
   working plan

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