Planned
[plænd]
Definition
(adj.) designed or carried out according to a plan; 'the planned outlays for new equipment' .
Typist: Nora--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Plan
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- I planned to use the gasoline engine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He should not have planned such an absence--he should not have left home for a week, when her own departure from Mansfield was so near. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Do you think he had planned this robbery, when he went with you to the lodging? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This out of to-day, quite an unnecessary out so far as the attendance, which was its pretended object, went, was planned by me alone for thee alone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So well had the work been planned and executed, however, that nothing happened to hinder the continuous working of the station and the supply of light to customers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The narrow, darkened structure of the ancient temples seems to be deliberately planned for such an effect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What subtle wickedness had the Count planned and executed in my absence? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At the place where I planned to do this, I was (as nearly as I could calculate it) some three days distant, journeying on foot, from the sacred city. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Dr. Franklin also planned a boat of this kind in 1785 and illustrated the same by sketches. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This quality was destroyed by too much responsibility for others or the necessity of undertaking something ill planned or badly conceived. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She had planned other employments for herself: a letter to Edith, a good piece of Dante, a visit to the Higginses. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I planned it, and she only gave in after lots of teasing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In this he planned an entire change in mechanical construction, his principal objects being the use of as few parts as possible, and the most direct possible application of power to the wheels. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Moreover, the curriculum must be planned with reference to placing essentials first, and refinements second. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He planned the cutting of punches which would stamp the outline of the type upon the matrix. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I planned to spend mine in new music, said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In her kind schemes for Elizabeth, she sometimes planned her marrying Colonel Fitzwilliam. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Why not go abroad, as you planned, and forget it? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The organization of the Museum was not planned to ensure its mental continuity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I also planned a great magnetic survey of the East, and I believe it remains the most comprehensive of its kind yet performed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was really he who planned all. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He therefore planned a system by which the ten thousand bearings in the plant are oiled automatically; requiring the services of only two men for the entire work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Allston took him to England, and there introduced him to Benjamin West, the dean of painters and a man who was always eager to aid young countrymen of his who planned to follow his career. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Its burrows are artfully planned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is a very deeply planned and cold-blooded murder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had this of the village well planned and well ordered. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And about--' 'Oh, ah, it's all planned,' rejoined Sikes, interrupting him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was a case--in my mind--of a deeply planned fraud, with the owner of the Diamond at the bottom of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Margaret disliked the prospect of the long walk through these streets, before she came to the fields which she had planned to reach. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Wallas takes exactly the same position as William James did when he planned a moral equivalent for war. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Winfred