Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plan ahead
Participle: planned ahead
Gerund: planning ahead
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plan ahead |
| you | plan ahead |
| he;she;it | plans ahead |
| we | plan ahead |
| you | plan ahead |
| they | plan ahead |
Perfect
| I | have planned ahead |
| you | have planned ahead |
| he;she;it | has planned ahead |
| we | have planned ahead |
| you | have planned ahead |
| they | have planned ahead |
Past
| I | planned ahead |
| you | planned ahead |
| he;she;it | planned ahead |
| we | planned ahead |
| you | planned ahead |
| they | planned ahead |
Pluperfect
| I | had planned ahead |
| you | had planned ahead |
| he;she;it | had planned ahead |
| we | had planned ahead |
| you | had planned ahead |
| they | had planned ahead |
Future
| I | will plan ahead |
| you | will plan ahead |
| he;she;it | will plan ahead |
| we | will plan ahead |
| you | will plan ahead |
| they | will plan ahead |
Future Perfect
| I | will have planned ahead |
| you | will have planned ahead |
| he;she;it | will have planned ahead |
| we | will have planned ahead |
| you | will have planned ahead |
| they | will have planned ahead |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plan ahead |
| you | plan ahead |
| he;she;it | plan ahead |
| we | plan ahead |
| you | plan ahead |
| they | plan ahead |
Perfect
| I | have planned ahead |
| you | have planned ahead |
| he;she;it | have planned ahead |
| we | have planned ahead |
| you | have planned ahead |
| they | have planned ahead |
Imperfect
| I | planned ahead |
| you | planned ahead |
| he;she;it | planned ahead |
| we | planned ahead |
| you | planned ahead |
| they | planned ahead |
Pluperfect
| I | had planned ahead |
| you | had planned ahead |
| he;she;it | had planned ahead |
| we | had planned ahead |
| you | had planned ahead |
| they | had planned ahead |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plan ahead |
| you | would plan ahead |
| he;she;it | would plan ahead |
| we | would plan ahead |
| you | would plan ahead |
| they | would plan ahead |
Perfect
| I | would have planned ahead |
| you | would have planned ahead |
| he;she;it | would have planned ahead |
| we | would have planned ahead |
| you | would have planned ahead |
| they | would have planned ahead |
Imperative
| you | plan ahead |
| we | Let's plan ahead |
| you | plan ahead |
Verbs conjugated like 'plan'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plan'
pæan,
pan,
pean,
plain,
plane,
plank,
plant,
plap,
plat,
plaw,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- have set as one's purpose
- aim, intend, mean, purpose, set out
- plot
- propose, arrange, blueprint, delineate, concoct, cast, illustrate, contrive
Antonyms
- to build or use a temporary solution
- engineer, kludge
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1678, "drawing, sketch, or diagram of any object," from Fr. plan "ground plan, map," lit. "plane surface" (1553), from L. planum "level or flat surface," n. use of adj. planus "level, flat" (see plain (adj.)). The notion is of "a drawing on a flat surface." Meaning "scheme of action, design" is first recorded 1706, possibly infl. by Fr. planter "to plant," from It. planta "ground plan." The verb is first recorded 1728. Planned economy is attested from 1931. Planned Parenthood (1942) formerly was Birth Control Federation of America. Phrase planned obsolescence is attested from 1966. Planner "book or device that enables one to plan" is attested from 1971.
2. Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Doublet of llano, piano, plane, and plain.
Sample Sentences
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[...] terrified pigs scampering homewards; families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out to-morrow 's work; and we riding onward, high above them, like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when we had dined, and rattled down a steep pass, having no other moving power than the weight [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ I got up at four o’clock, and came on with all speed, full two or three hours ahead of them, if they start at the time they planned. It isn't safe to start till dark, at any rate; for there are some evil persons in the villages ahead, that might be disposed to meddle with us, if they saw our wagon, and that would delay us more [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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All the interests and hopes of St. Clare's life had unconsciously wound themselves around this child. It was for Eva that he had managed his property; it was for Eva that he had planned the disposal of his time; and, to do this and that for Eva,—to buy, improve, alter, and arrange, or dispose something for her,—had been so long his habit, that now she was gone, there seemed nothing [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Cassy, how well you have planned it ! ” said Emmeline. “ Who ever would have thought of it, but you ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I fuelled up the vehicle and was planning to buy groceries with the remaining money.
(Chef Chidambara)
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His henchmen are all over the market He has planned to kill all our men in the market tonight
(Magudam)