planned

[ pland ]

/ plænd /

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adjective

arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.

Origin of planned

First recorded in 1725–30; plan + -ed²

Words nearby planned

plank floor, plank-sheer, planking, plankter, plankton, planned, planned economy, planned obsolescence, planned parenthood, planner, planning

Definition for planned (2 of 2)

plan

[ plan ]

/ plæn /

noun

a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.

a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests.

a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future.

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.

a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area.

(in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.

a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan.

verb (used with object), planned, plan·ning.

to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center.

to make plans for: to plan one's vacation.

to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.

verb (used without object), planned, plan·ning.

to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.

Origin of plan

1670–80; < French: ground, plan, groundwork, scheme, noun use of the adj.: flat, plane¹, learned borrowing of Latin plānus level (cf. plain¹)

SYNONYMS FOR plan

1 plot, formula, system.

4 sketch, draft, diagram, chart.

8 design, devise, plot.

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synonym study for plan

1. Plan, project, design, scheme imply a formulated method of doing something. Plan refers to any method of thinking out acts and purposes beforehand: What are your plans for today? A project is a proposed or tentative plan, often elaborate or extensive: an irrigation project. Design suggests art, dexterity, or craft (sometimes evil and selfish) in the elaboration or execution of a plan, and often tends to emphasize the purpose in view: a misunderstanding brought about by design. A scheme is apt to be either a speculative, possibly impracticable, plan, or a selfish or dishonest one: a scheme to swindle someone.

OTHER WORDS FROM plan

plan·less, adjective plan·less·ly, adverb plan·less·ness, noun mis·plan, verb, mis·planned, mis·plan·ning.

out·plan, verb (used with object), out·planned, out·plan·ning. o·ver·plan, verb, o·ver·planned, o·ver·plan·ning. pre·plan, verb, pre·planned, pre·plan·ning. re·plan, verb (used with object), re·planned, re·plan·ning. un·der·plan, noun un·der·plan, verb (used with object), un·der·planned, un·der·plan·ning. un·plan, verb (used with object), un·planned, un·plan·ning. well-planned, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH plan

plain plan plane

Example sentences from the Web for planned

As she discussed her understanding of the voting rights campaign and how she planned to recreate it, I grew more relieved.

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Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.

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However, an article designed to act as a tie-in to the piece has been published as planned in the BBC magazine Radio Times.

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“You may be the only person at that rally,” Bratton said of those who planned to show up.

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Not that he ever planned to engage in the controversy directly.

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How he had planned, dug, planted it; pruned his fruit trees; placed his anemones in leaf-mould, his bulbs on sand.

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Joe had planned this out; for once, old pro or not, he was taking risks.

Mercenary |Dallas McCord Reynolds
He never spoke to you or indicated to you in any way that he planned to go to Russia?

Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
We had planned to leave at five, but it was too cold to ride until the sun should be an hour high, so finally we left at seven.

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Having p. 178discovered this, we then planned the investigation, which has occupied our evenings ever since.

The Cambrian Sketch-Book |R. Rice Davies

British Dictionary definitions for planned

plan

/ (plæn) /

noun

a detailed scheme, method, etc, for attaining an objective

(sometimes plural) a proposed, usually tentative idea for doing something

a drawing to scale of a horizontal section through a building taken at a given level; a view from above an object or an area in orthographic projection Compare ground plan (def. 1), elevation (def. 5)

an outline, sketch, etc

(in perspective drawing) any of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision and between the eye and object depicted

verb plans, planning or planned

to form a plan (for) or make plans (for)

(tr) to make a plan of (a building)

(tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to have in mind as a purpose; intend

Word Origin for plan

C18: via French from Latin plānus flat; compare plane 1, plain 1

Idioms and Phrases with planned

plan

In addition to the idiom beginning with plan

plan on

also see:

best-laid plans

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planned

adjective

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Definition for planned (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object), planned, plan·ning.

verb (used without object), planned, plan·ning.

Origin of plan

SYNONYMS FOR plan

synonym study for plan

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noun

verb plans, planning or planned

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planned

adjective

Origin of planned

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Definition for planned (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object), planned, plan·ning.

verb (used without object), planned, plan·ning.

Origin of plan

SYNONYMS FOR plan

synonym study for plan

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noun

verb plans, planning or planned

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