Past tense of plan
regular verb
The past tense of plan is planned. The past participle is also planned.
Forms of plan
| Base form (V1) | plan /plæn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | planned /plænd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | planned /plænd/ |
| Present participle | planning /ˈplænɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | plans /plænz/ |
Planned in a sentence
- The architect planned the building for the client.
- They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
- Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.From the entry defeat
- The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.From the entry inside
- The public took to the streets to protest over the planned change to the law.From the entry protest
Meaning of plan
- noun A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- noun A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- noun A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Questions about the past tense of plan
- What is the past tense of plan?
- The past tense of plan is planned.
- What is the past participle of plan?
- The past participle of plan is planned.
- Is plan a regular or irregular verb?
- Plan is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plan (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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