planned 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in designed

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as in anticipated

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planned

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verb

past tense of plan
1
as in prepared
to work out the details of (something) in advance we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail

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2
as in intended
to have in mind as a purpose or goal I plan to have a party for my birthday, even if I have to throw it myself

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Recent Examples of planned
Adjective
Meanwhile, Air France-KLM has suspended flights to Riyadh until 31 October and Delta Air Lines has delayed planned services from Atlanta to Riyadh, initially due to start on October 23, until March 2027. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 For starters, the amino acid must be compatible with the backbone folding up into its planned structure. — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 Delta Air Lines delayed its planned nonstop flight service between Atlanta and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday after consecutive Houthi strikes killed over a dozen people and wounded hundreds more at the Saudi airport over the weekend. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026 The focus of Saturday’s planned protest was Gyanesh Kumar, the head of the Electoral Commission that’s currently in the middle of a gargantuan exercise to remove dead, duplicate and otherwise ineligible voters from its rolls. — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Utilities announced planned water and sewer shutdowns on Okaloosa Island and Pensacola Beach. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Together, the partners use electrical heat to copy operating conditions inside the planned NuSun micro fission system. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 The contract's odds will be resolved and verified by Data Center Map, which plots out planned and running data centers on its website. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 Some planned attractions include a Barbie activity pool and a Hot Wheels slide tower. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
With night set to fall, many in the area were without power due to outages planned by Southern California Edison in hopes of preventing power lines downed by the winds from sparking fires. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 The band had planned to celebrate the release of its second album, Toxicity, with a free show in a Hollywood parking lot on September 3, 2001. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026 Earlier this month, H Mart named the six restaurants planned for the supermarket’s food court for the upcoming location at 6366 Mack Road in south Sacramento. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Russia planned to demand the world championships be stripped of their Olympic qualifier status over the issue, sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov wrote on social media on Tuesday. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The figures came at a full-day investor event at Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters, where CEO Dario Amodei and CFO Krishna Rao made their pitch ahead of an IPO planned for November. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The opening of a store in Abu Dhabi planned for last month has been postponed until next year. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 In an email, ICE responded that Teare should get to Port Isabel fast because the agency planned to deport Presa, according to the district attorney’s office. — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026 Part 2 is planned for Christmas 2026, with Part 3 currently in development. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planned
  1. designed
  2. anticipated
  3. prepared
  4. intended
  5. deliberate
  6. expected
  7. organized
  8. hoped
Adjective
  • Portfolio Homes are a free selection of pre-designed and pre-approved, small scale home building plans the city is offering at no cost to a resident or developer.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026
  • With designed runs, Iamaleava can take the next leap of his career.
    — Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of designed
Adjective
  • In Chiclayo, one of Peru’s largest cities, excitement over Leo’s anticipated homecoming turned to apprehension after his diagnosis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The indefatigable Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy star, now 76, has half a dozen films in production, and next year is aiming to play Ernest Hemingway in a new biopic set in Cuba and will co-star in the anticipated Sons of Anarchy spinoff Legends.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of anticipated
Verb
  • At that point, Qatar prepared to halt the program, a former Biden official tells TIME.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Just be prepared for the machine to spend a considerable amount of time producing a small mountain of plastic waste alongside your masterpiece.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • Sullivan touted his Bycatch Reduction Act, a bill intended to reduce excess fish caught by large commercial trawlers.
    — Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The donation is intended to benefit children age 10 and under who aren’t eligible for the federal government’s separate $1,000 contribution for children born between 2025 and 2028.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of intended
Adjective
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio also rejected Zelenskyy's claims that the disruptions to the system were deliberate.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In the lobby, the beams and columns join with such deliberate overelaborations as to mock the simplicity of the overall building.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of deliberate
Adjective
  • The expected lockout, and MLB’s insistence on a salary cap in their CBA proposals, have also cast doubt on what the system will look like next year — whenever the season begins.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Sherman said the expected completion date, about 41 months away, is an achievable goal.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of expected
Verb
  • The event was part of LA Tech Week, a citywide event organized by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • First, is the human superior colliculus organized the way animal studies suggest, with vision concentrated in its upper layers and touch in its deeper layers?
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Patients and the company had hoped the therapy could move into an FDA review based on existing evidence, a hope that was dashed Monday.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of hoped

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“Planned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planned. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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