preplanning

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noun

Planning conducted in advance

OriginEnglish planning ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

nounpreplanning (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePlanning conducted in advance

    Financed and photographed by the writer-director himself, a Baltimore resident who raised the money by making TV commercials, it combines the rigors of elaborate preplanning with the bold risk taking of an aleatory event.

    1988 November 4, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Lies of the Mind”, in Chicago Reader
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of preplan

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishplanning
  10. Englishpreplanning

From pre- + planning.

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APA

preplanning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preplanning

MLA

“preplanning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preplanning. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preplanning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preplanning.

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