the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; "the planning was more fun than the trip itself"
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"
at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy"
forever; throughout all time; "we will always be friends"; "I shall treasure it always"; "I will always love you"
at any time or in any event; "you can always resign if you don't like it"; "you could always take a day off"
seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly; "always looking for faults"; "it is always raining"; "he is forever cracking jokes"; "they are forever arguing"
a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"
a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program"
arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"
of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish
beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"