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Synonyms for planned


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pland
Phonetic Transcription : plænd



Définition of planned

Origin :
  • 1670s as a technical term in perspective drawing; 1706 as "drawing, sketch, or diagram of any object," from French plan "ground plan, map," literally "plane surface" (mid-16c.), from Latin planum "level or flat surface," noun use of adjective planus "level, flat" (see plane (n.1)). The notion is of "a drawing on a flat surface." Meaning "scheme of action, design" is first recorded 1706, possibly influenced by French planter "to plant," from Italian planta "ground plan."
  • adj projected
Example sentences :
  • To all who hated Church and King, and planned their overthrow.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • So she planned her battle, ignorant that she had lost already.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Talimeco was a White Town; how should I know that she planned killing in it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • He had planned this sudden accusation with subtle forethought.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • It was he who had planned the conquest of Corsica, and annexed it to France.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • We had planned a trip to the Knob the next day, and were to camp out for the night.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • “So this instructive crime was planned abroad,” Mr Vladimir said quickly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • They were men who had studied Greek history and Greek art and they planned to excavate Olympia.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • We planned as soon as night fell to go to our homes; but it was not to be.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Even the route they were to take was planned, so that I could not miss them if I started.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

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