town-planv.
/ˈtaʊnplan/, U.S. /ˈtaʊnˌplæn/ 1. intransitive. To plan and control the construction, growth, and development of a town or other urban area; to engage in town planning. Now rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (intransitive)] > plan
town-plan1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 12/4 We must learn..at least two lessons before we can hope to ‘town plan’ successfully.
1973 ‘E. McGirr’ Bardel's Murder i. 6 Some effort had been made to town-plan, and the original part of the village was closed to traffic.
2. transitive. To plan or develop (an area) in accordance with the principles of town planning.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > plan or develop
to lay outc1608
to set out1673
develop1863
town-plan1911
redevelop1936
1911 Proc. 3rd National Conf. Conf. City Planning 33 The Roland Park Company voluntarily town-planned their estate and laid it out on lines satisfactory to the authority.
1933 Morning Post 27 Mar. 11 The most effective means of..protecting..the amenities of the district would be to town plan the area at once.
1987 M. Bail Holden's Performance 297 The so-called industrial suburb..which had been townplanned behind a hill near the sewerage works, so as not to spoil the sacred geometry of the nation's capital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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