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# planning

«planning» in Mova's school dictionary: **deciding and arranging what you will do and how, before…** — 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

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Planning is deciding and arranging what you will do and how, before you do it. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x1)
- Do your story planning before you start writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x2)
- We are planning a surprise party for Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x3)
- I'm planning to learn to swim this summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x4)
- Planning ahead helps you not forget anything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x5)
- They needed planning permission to build the extension. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x6)
- Our class spent the lesson planning the science experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/planning/#x7)
- Fail to plan, plan to fail. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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».

### In the corpora

- [Much housework is invisible, like booking appointments and planning meals, so each grown-up may not see what the other does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/14/)
- [It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/3/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)
- [People must ask the council for planning permission before building something big, and neighbours can object.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/12/)
- [Later Mum explains: Grandpa needs a small operation and they were planning the trip to visit him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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