Planning
['plænɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise.
(noun.) an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; 'the planning was more fun than the trip itself'.
(noun.) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; 'his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties'.
Typist: Melville--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plan
Edited by Estelle
Examples
- I wonder what the bastard is planning now, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She talked on, planning village kindnesses, unheeding the silence of her husband and the monosyllabic answers of Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Ah, miss, it is a pity you didn't let me know what you were planning, for I would have told you that your pains were wasted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She lay awake very long this night, planning how to lessen the evil influence of their Milton life on her mother. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The business, however difficult, shapes itself to your effort; you seem to manage detail with an inferior part of yourself, while the real soul of you is active, planning, light. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was seated at this bench testing, figuring, and planning. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And he set himself to weaken the republicans whose fundamental convictions he was planning to outrage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a cause of constant distress to Mrs. Welland that her son-in-law showed so little foresight in planning his days. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In that one day's planning every part was considered and provided for, from the crusher to the packing-house. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During the time that Robert Jordan had slept through, the time he had spent planning the destruction of the bridge and the time that he had been with Maria, Andreu Nin had made slow progress. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You both did as much as you could in planning the marriage. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Morse, who had been sitting in the gallery all day, concluded that further waiting was useless, and went back to his hotel, planning to leave for New York early the next morning. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was very much occupied perfecting new commercial schemes, protecting his patents from a horde of pirates, and planning to introduce his invention into Europe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He had recently built several canals on this property, and was at the head of a number of companies which were planning to intersect England with waterways. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And I think, papa, that I could get mamma to help me in planning, if you could tell me what to plan for. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typist: Pierce