An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PLANNING
planning
(noun) the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
planning
(noun) an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; “the planning was more fun than the trip itself”
planning, preparation, provision
(noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; “his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties”
PLAN
plan
(verb) make plans for something; “He is planning a trip with his family”
plan, be after
(verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action; “He plans to be in graduate school next year”; “The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion”
plan, project, contrive, design
(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise; “They contrived to murder their boss”; “design a new sales strategy”; “plan an attack”
design, plan
(verb) make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; “design a better mousetrap”; “plan the new wing of the museum”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
planning
present participle of plan
Noun
planning (countable and uncountable, plural plannings)
(uncountable) Action of the verb to plan.
The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
The act of making contingency plans.
(informal, British) Planning permission.
Usage notes
• Planning is context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'.
• Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.
Source: Wiktionary
PLAN
Plan, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]
1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition. God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. M. R. Smith.
3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Wordsworth. Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.
Syn.
– Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.
Plan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planned; p. pr. & vb. n. Planning.]
1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. Even in penance, planning sins anew. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 June 2025
SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
Coffee Trivia
