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plan ahead

plan ahead verb: to schedule or plan extensively for problems before it is needed; to come up with solutions before problems occur; to prepare for future situations.

Verb

plan ahead (third-person singular simple present plans ahead, present participle planning ahead, simple past and past participle planned ahead)

  1. (intransitive) To schedule or plan extensively for problems before it is needed; to come up with solutions before problems occur; to prepare for future situations.

Forms of plan ahead

third-person singular presentplans ahead
present participleplanning ahead
past participleplanned ahead
pastplanned ahead

Questions about plan ahead

What does plan ahead mean?
Plan ahead means to schedule or plan extensively for problems before it is needed; to come up with solutions before problems occur; to prepare for future situations.
What part of speech is plan ahead?
Plan ahead is a verb.
What is the past tense of plan ahead?
The past tense of plan ahead is planned ahead.

Words near plan ahead in the dictionary

  1. plamodels
  2. Plamondon
  3. Plamondons
  4. plan
  5. plan A
  6. plan ahead
  7. plan As
  8. plan B
  9. plan Bs
  10. plan C
  11. plan chest

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