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planned

/plænd/

planned is the simple past and past participle of plan.

Adjective

planned (not comparable)

  1. Existing or designed according to a plan.
  2. at or through the planning stage, but not yet implemented or started.

Meaning of plan

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
    • The architect planned the building for the client.
  2. (transitive) To create a plan for.
    • They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
  3. (intransitive) To intend.
    • He planned to go, but work intervened.
  4. (intransitive) To make a plan.
    • They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency supplies.

See all 11 meanings of plan

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Questions about planned

What does planned mean?
Planned means existing or designed according to a plan.
What is planned the simple past and past participle of?
Planned is the simple past and past participle of plan.
What part of speech is planned?
Planned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce planned?
Planned is pronounced /plænd/.

Words near planned in the dictionary

  1. planless
  2. planlessly
  3. planlessness
  4. plannability
  5. plannable
  6. planned
  7. planned ahead
  8. planned communities
  9. planned community
  10. planned economies
  11. planned economist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: planned (page history and authors); plan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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