Words / B2

PLAN-ing/ˈplænɪŋ/

Planning is the process of deciding how to do something, or official control of building (usually uncountable): lesson planning; planning permission. A plan is one scheme (already in the dictionary); planner is the person or diary. Quote the planning permission date. Mix-up: planing (smoothing wood); planting. Do not write “a planning” as a countable meeting.

Meaning

The process of deciding how to do something; also official control of building (usually uncountable).

Examples

• “Quote the planning permission date, not a campaign leaflet.”
• “Exam planning still needs a timetable, which is the process sense.”

Good to know

planning permission / application; lesson / family planning. Person: planner. Trap: a plan (one scheme). Citizenship, geography, and exams. The process, or building control.

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