(~s, ~ning, ~ned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a method of achieving something that you have worked out in detail beforehand.
The three leaders had worked out a peace ~...
...a detailed ~ of action for restructuring the group...
He maintains that everything is going according to ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, also according to N
2.
If you ~ what you are going to do, you decide in detail what you are going to do, and you intend to do it.
If you ~ what you’re going to eat, you reduce your chances of overeating...
He ~ned to leave Baghdad on Monday...
It would be difficult for schools to ~ for the future...
I had been ~ning a trip to the West Coast...
A ~ned demonstration has been called off by its organisers.
VERB: V wh, V to-inf, V for n, V n, V-ed
3.
If you have ~s, you are intending to do a particular thing.
‘I’m sorry,’ she said. ‘I have ~s for tonight.’
N-PLURAL: usu with supp, oft N for n/-ing, N to-inf
4.
When you ~ something that you are going to make, build, or create, you decide what the main parts of it will be and do a drawing of how it should be made.
We are ~ning a new kitchen.
VERB: V n
5.
A ~ of something that is going to be built or made is a detailed diagram or drawing of it.
...when you have drawn a ~ of the garden.
N-COUNT: oft N of/for n
6.
see also ~ning