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preplan

1 4.8

A plan made in advance for an event or emergency

noun
/ˈpriˌplæn/

: planificación previa

Having a solid preplan allowed the team to address potential challenges in advance.

Examples

For the world to have critical goods and services during a pandemic, industry heads must stockpile raw materials for production and preplan distribution and transportation support.

Academic text (2005)
Before the event, we created a detailed preplan to ensure everything went smoothly.
The project manager submitted a preplan outlining all the necessary steps and resources needed for the launch.

Synonyms

prearrangement

vspreplan

1 4.4

A plan made before an event to organize things

applies to a specific situation or event

Antonyms

spontaneity

29 6.2

Acting on a sudden feeling without planning or thought

improvisation

28 5.6

An act of making or doing something quickly without a plan to solve a problem

How Detailed

blueprint

59 3.9

preplan

1 4.8

plan

∞ 1.0

to outline

188 3.3

idea

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

preplan singular

preplans plural

Morphology

preplan = plan (transparent) = pre + plan

The noun is clearly interpreted as a plan made beforehand through the productive prefix 'pre-'.

Etymology

The word preplan comes from the prefix pre- meaning 'before' and plan, so a preplan is a plan made 'before' an event to help things go smoothly.