planning

[ plan-ing ]

noun

1. the act or process of making a plan or plans.

Word History and Origins

Origin of planning¹

First recorded in 1740–50; plan + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

It’s not an enterprise resource planning platform though some growers use it as such for the sake of simplicity.

From TechCrunch

Nearly 80% of wedding planning is done online, according to WeddingWire’s Newlywed Report, and wedding professionals often share, anecdotally, that couples want to hire vendors who feel like friends.

From Fortune

However, the descriptions in the planning documents match up well with two vaccines currently undergoing phase 3 clinical trials that each include 30,000 volunteers, according to the Times report.

From Popular-Science

Unfortunately, management loved my planning skills so much they overworked me.

From Fortune

Media planning can implement this understanding of distinct cultural areas that improve communications.

From Digiday

And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.

From The Daily Beast

News clips, sound bites, and planning details were shared on those platforms.

From The Daily Beast

South Korean activists are already planning to loft them over the Demilitarized Zone in balloons.

From The Daily Beast

Hearst is to be released from prison and is planning to marry.

From The Daily Beast

Today many in the economics and urban planning professions consider such factors close to irrelevant.

From The Daily Beast

All the miserable stratagems they had been guilty of to win him; the dishonest plotting and planning.

From Project Gutenberg

Darry and Burd were planning another trip on the Marigold, and so had little time to give to the girl chums of Roselawn.

From Project Gutenberg

I wanted to jump and shout, but I compromised by taking Dr. Hudson down for a gleeful drink and planning our next tactic.

From Project Gutenberg

When he discovered the monster who was planning this crime, he pleaded so eloquently that pussys life was saved.

From Project Gutenberg

He put his folly from him and-went on, seeking to hold his mind to the planning of his to-morrow's journey and its business.

From Project Gutenberg

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