planning

Pronunciation:			pl'aning
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Matching Terms:			planning board, planning commission
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise [n]  an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself" [n]  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"
	Synonyms:		preparation, provision
	See Also:		agreement, applecart, arrangement, birth control, birth prevention, birthcontrol, calculation, cerebration, city planning, deliberation, design, designing, family planning, forethought, intellection, malice aforethought, mens rea, mentation, premeditation, preparation, programing, programming, readying, scheduling, thinking, thought, town planning, urban planning
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		adjustment, approach, arrangement, attack, basic training, blueprint, blueprinting, briefing, calculation, charting, clearing the decks, codification, conception, contrivance, coordination, design, device, disposition, enterprise, envisagement, equipment, familiarization, figuring, fixing, foresight, forethought, foundation, frame-up, game, graphing, ground plan, groundwork, guidelines, harmonization, idea, intention, layout, lineup, long-range plan, makeready, making ready, manufacture, mapping, master plan, method, methodization, methodology, mobilization, normalization, operations research, ordination, organization, packed deal, packed jury, plan, planning function, plotting, prearrangement, preconcertedness, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, premeditation, preordering, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreatment, procedure, processing, program, program of action, propaedeutic, provision, put-up job, rationalization, readying, regularization, regulation, rigged jury, routinization, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, scheming, setup, spadework, stacked deck, strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, the big picture, the picture, training, treatment, trial, tryout, warm-up, way, working plan