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town planning

town planning

noun

  1. the comprehensive planning of the physical and social development of a town, including the construction of facilities US termcity planning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • town planner, noun
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Other Words From

  • town planner noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of town planning1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Every day he came down town planning for a better newspaper the next morning than they had ever made before.

Nowadays we hear much about planning—town planning, city planning, nation planning.

Germany, on this occasion, had grabbed the idea but missed the spirit, in the absence of which town planning is merely a name.

But, she felt approvingly, as she discovered her career of town-planning, she was now roused to being brisk and efficient herself.

We in England have only recently realised the necessity of town-planning and the advantages of garden cities.

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