{
    "term": "planning",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of making plans for something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The department is responsible for all financial planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After months of **careful planning** the event went without a hitch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The consultants recommended more emphasis on **strategic planning**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are currently in the **planning stages**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Costs can be reduced by effective contingency planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Deciding the agenda is the most vital aspect of pre-meeting planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Planning for future development is vital for the community."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival was four years in the planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The idea is still at the planning stage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The industry needs to do some long-term planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trip calls for careful advance planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This can be done, but it will take careful planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an attorney who specializes in estate planning"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the old Soviet system of central planning"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the initial planning stage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He attended a business planning course."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Planning for the future makes some people nervous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sensible planning will minimize disruption to the schedule."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teachers should always be involved in the curriculum planning process."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team leader emphasized the importance of planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole process will be easier if you do some careful planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thoughtful planning is the key to dinner party success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With a bit of forward planning you can avoid debt."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["careful", "detailed", "meticulous"],
                "verb + planning": ["call for", "need", "require"],
                "planning + noun": ["phase", "stage", "process"],
                "preposition": ["in the planning", "planning  for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the control of the development of towns and their buildings, roads, etc. so that they can be pleasant and convenient places for people to live in",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She now works in **urban planning**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to submit a **planning application**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plans were considered by the local **planning authority**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your local council's planning department should be able to give you guidance on whether or not you need planning permission."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Planning consent has been applied for."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The development has yet to be submitted to the council for planning approval."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["careful", "detailed", "meticulous"],
                "verb + planning": ["call for", "need", "require"],
                "planning + noun": ["phase", "stage", "process"],
                "preposition": ["in the planning", "planning  for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈplænɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pl/planning/planning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈplænɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pl/planning/planning__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}