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# planning

noun (planning, uncountable); verb form (-ing of plan: plan, plans, planned, planning)

«planning» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Planning is deciding and arranging what you will do and how, before you do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#m1)
2. Planning can mean a plan or notes made before writing, building or doing something, like story planning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#m2)
3. Planning is also the official process of deciding what can be built in a town (planning permission). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#m3)
4. Be planning to do something means to intend to do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school: planning a story (beginning, middle, end), planning an investigation in science (question, method, fair test), planning in maths problems (what do I know, what do I need, which steps). In everyday life and safety: planning a trip, packing, a fire escape plan, telling someone your plans when you go out. Phrases: «good planning», «planning ahead», «planning to», «planning permission», «in the planning stage».

### Examples

- Good planning makes the trip much easier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x1)
- Do your story planning before you start writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x2)
- We are planning a surprise party for Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x3)
- I'm planning to learn to swim this summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x4)
- Planning ahead helps you not forget anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x5)
- They needed planning permission to build the extension. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x6)
- Our class spent the lesson planning the science experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x7)
- Fail to plan, plan to fail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x8)
- And she set off homewards again, cheerfully planning all the grand things she was going to do with her money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x9)

### Note

Double the n: «plan → planned, planning». Do not confuse with «planting» (putting seeds in the ground) or «planing» (smoothing wood with a plane). Planning is uncountable: «some planning», not «a planning».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «planning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«planning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/planning.html) on Mova free.