planned
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1.0
- adjective
- /plænd/
- The event was carefully planned to ensure everything went smoothly.
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Watch on YouTubeSpeaking of Oprah, this wasn't planned, but milk and cookies.
- Speaking of Oprah, this wasn't planned, but milk and cookies.
- it will never go exactly as planned and people are so stuck
- It was so poorly planned, and that is why it worked.
- That interview had been planned for weeks and weeks and weeks.
- Those were both designed and planned for two years before we shot.
- We should approach things in a careful, well planned out, prudent way.
- It is a wild, beautiful, possibly planned experiment.
- You, your days are always planned by the party.
- Well, if it's raining today really hasn't gone as planned, it's raining again.
- I did have another video planned and it's, it's on hold.
- Did you feel that it wasn't planned as well as it could have been?
- Its first strike would be planned in minute detail.
- They said it was the biggest tax planned cut in history.
- This must have been planned to the tea, which is scary.
Examples
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No, not, I mean, I've got a trip to Korea planned for December.
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We've got a big party planned on Sunday, haven't we?
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That interview had been planned for weeks and weeks and weeks.
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Those were both designed and planned for two years before we shot.
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You, your days are always planned by the party.
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And it's been, it's been planned for years to clean up DC.
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She has a vacation planned for next summer, and she can't wait to go.
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They have a surprise party planned for their friend this weekend.
Synonyms
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2.1
Planned to happen at a set time
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2.8
Made for a certain purpose
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2.6
Planned and not done by accident
137
4.1
Done on purpose after careful thought
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4.7
Planned carefully to get a particular result
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7.2
Done on purpose after planning it
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1.6
Placed in a planned order
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5.3
Decided before it happens
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3.4
Planned before it happens
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3.3
Arranged before something happens
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4.2
Decided or arranged before something happens
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6.3
Chosen in advance for a particular use
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9.1
Arranged or agreed before someone carries it out
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9.9
Planned in advance, often to do something illegal
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6.5
Made before use by following a set recipe, like a cream or liquid
Made ahead so it can meet future needs
Acting before a problem or event happens to avoid it
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.2
An area planned and built with homes, shops, and parks for people to live in
How Planned
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Etymology
Planned comes from plan, which is like a simple drawing or map that shows what to do. So to have something planned is to have it 'arranged in advance', like following a map before you go.