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preplan

preplan

4.8
A plan made in advance for an event or emergency
  • noun
  • /ˈpriˌplæn/
translation icon : 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
31 6.2

Acting on a sudden feeling without planning or thought

improvisation
29 5.6

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

How Detailed

blueprint
72 3.9
preplan
4.8
plan
∞ 1.0
to outline
148 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.