Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of plan
nounplanning (countable and uncountable, plural plannings)
plural plannings
- Verbal noun of plan: action of the verb to plan.
- countableuncountableThe act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
- countableuncountableThe act of making contingency plans.
- UKabbreviationcountableellipsisinformaluncountableEllipsis of planning permission.
My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
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Translations
Catalan planificació, planificació
- planificacióact of formulating of a course of action
- planificacióact of making contingency plans
- planificacióaction of the verb to plan
Czech plánování
- plánováníaction of the verb to plan
Danish planlægning
- planlægningact of formulating of a course of action
Finnish suunnittelu, suunnitteleminen
- suunnitteluact of formulating of a course of action
- suunnitteleminenaction of the verb to plan
French planification, prévision
- planificationact of formulating of a course of action
- prévisionact of formulating of a course of action
- planificationact of making contingency plans
- planificationaction of the verb to plan
German Planung, Planung
- Planungact of formulating of a course of action
- Planungact of making contingency plans
- Planenaction of the verb to plan
Greek προγραμματισμός, προγραμματισμός
- προγραμματισμός (programmatismós)act of formulating of a course of action
- προγραμματισμός (programmatismós)act of making contingency plans
- προγραμματισμός (programmatismós)action of the verb to plan
Hungarian tervezés
- tervezésaction of the verb to plan
Italian pianificazione, pianificazione
- pianificazioneact of formulating of a course of action
- pianificazioneact of making contingency plans
- pianificazioneaction of the verb to plan
Japanese 立案
- 立案 (ritsuan)act of formulating of a course of action
Malay perancangan, perancangan
- perancanganact of formulating of a course of action
- perancanganact of making contingency plans
- perancanganaction of the verb to plan
Norwegian Bokmål planlegging
- planleggingaction of the verb to plan
Portuguese planeamento, planeamento
- planeamentoact of formulating of a course of action
- planeamentoaction of the verb to plan
- planejamentoaction of the verb to plan
Russian плани́рование, плани́рование
- плани́рование (planírovanije)act of formulating of a course of action
- плани́рование (planírovanije)act of making contingency plans
- плани́рование (planírovanije)action of the verb to plan
Scottish Gaelic dealbhadh, dealbhadh
- dealbhadhact of formulating of a course of action
- dealbhadhact of making contingency plans
- dealbhadhaction of the verb to plan
Spanish planificación, planeamiento
- planificaciónaction of the verb to plan
- planeamientoaction of the verb to plan
Swedish planering, planering
- planeringact of formulating of a course of action
- planeringact of making contingency plans
- planeringaction of the verb to plan
Ukrainian планува́ння
- планува́ння (planuvánnja)action of the verb to plan
Cite this entry
APA
planning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planning
MLA
“planning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planning. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planning.
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