planning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplænɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Verb

planning

1. present participle and gerund of plan

Noun

planning (countable and uncountable, plural plannings)

1. (uncountable) Action of the verb to plan.
2. The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
3. The act of making contingency plans.
4. (informal, British) Planning permission.

   My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.

Usage notes

• Planning is context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'.
• Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.

Derived terms

• advocacy planning
• business continuity planning
• capacity planning
• centralised planning
• centralized planning
• central planning
• decentralised planning
• decentralized planning
• decentral planning
• family planning
• finite capacity planning
• indicative planning
• language planning
• life planning
• macroplanning
• microplanning
• natural family planning
• planning area
• planning permission
• planning poker
• town planning
• urban planning
• vacation planning

 

Translations

action of the verb to plan

• Catalan: planificació (ca) f
• Czech: plánování (cs) n
• Finnish: suunnitteleminen (fi)
• French: planification (fr) f
• Galician: planificación (gl) f
• German: Planen (de) n
• Greek: προγραμματισμός (el) m (programmatismós)
• Italian: pianificazione (it) f
• Malay: perancangan
• Malayalam: ആസൂത്രണം (ml) (āsūtraṇaṁ)
• Navajo: nahat’á
• Norman: pliann'nie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planlegging m or f

  Nynorsk: planlegging f

• Portuguese: planeamento m, planejamento (pt) m
• Russian: плани́рование (ru) n (planírovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadh m
• Spanish: planificación f, planeamiento m
• Swedish: planering (sv) c

act of formulating of a course of action

• Catalan: planificació (ca) f
• Danish: planlægning c
• Finnish: suunnittelu (fi)
• French: planification (fr) f, prévision (fr) f
• German: Planung (de) f
• Greek: προγραμματισμός (el) m (programmatismós)
• Italian: pianificazione (it) f
• Japanese: 立案 (ja) (ritsuan)
• Malay: perancangan
• Malayalam: ആസൂത്രണം (ml) (āsūtraṇaṁ)
• Norman: pliann'nie f
• Portuguese: planeamento m, planeamento m
• Russian: плани́рование (ru) n (planírovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadh m
• Swedish: planering (sv) c

act of making contingency plans

• Catalan: planificació (ca) f
• French: planification (fr) f
• German: Planung (de) f
• Greek: προγραμματισμός (el) m (programmatismós)
• Italian: pianificazione (it) f
• Malay: perancangan
• Navajo: nahat’á
• Norman: pliann'nie f
• Russian: плани́рование (ru) n (planírovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadh m
• Swedish: planering (sv) c

Further reading

• planning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From English planning. By surface analysis, plannen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

planning f (plural planningen, diminutive planninkje n)

1. planning; schedule

   De werkzaamheden beginnen volgens de planning nog voor de bouwvak. ― According to the schedule, the work will start before the construction business holiday.

Related terms

• plannen

 

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from planning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.niŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

planning m (plural plannings)

1. schedule, work plan

Further reading

• “planning”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English planning.

Noun

planning n (uncountable)

1. planning

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	planning	planningul
genitive-dative	planning	planningului
vocative	planningule