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# planned

«planned» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of «plan»: decided in advance what to do…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past form of plan: planned); adjective (planned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Planned is the past form of «plan»: decided in advance what to do and how. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#m1)

2) A planned thing has been arranged before it happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In writing lessons pupils planned their stories before writing; in science they planned a fair test; in everyday life families planned a trip or a party. In safety lessons a planned fire drill practises what to do. Phrases: planned ahead, as planned, carefully planned, planned for.

### examples

- We planned a surprise party for Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x1)
- Everything went as planned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x2)
- She planned her story with a mind map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x3)
- The fire drill was planned for Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x4)
- They planned the trip carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x5)
- Our class planned a fair test with seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x6)
- The picnic was not planned — it just happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/#x7)

### note

Double the n: plan → planned, planning (short vowel + one consonant). Not to be confused with «planed» (made smooth with a plane tool). Opposite: unplanned, spontaneous.

### In the corpora

- [Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/4/)
- [Most adults have some, like a mortgage or a car loan, and planned debt can be fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/1/)
- [Big building jobs often take longer and cost more than planned.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/10/)
- [Supermarkets are designed to make people buy more than they planned, with offers, smells and treats by the tills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/12/)
- [Breakfast-show presenters are paid professionals working from a running order and an earpiece; the friendly chat is planned.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «planned» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planned/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.