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preplanning en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English planning English preplanning From pre- + planning.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Planning conducted in advance
    • Financed and photographed by the writer-director himself, a Baltimore resident who raised the money by making TV commercials, it combines the rigors of elaborate preplanning with the bold risk taking of an aleatory event. 1988 November 4, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Lies of the Mind”, in Chicago Reader:

preplanning en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English planning English preplanning From pre- + planning.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of preplan
    form of preplan