Planners are people whose job is to make decisions about what is going to be done in the future. For example, town planners decide how land should be used and what new buildings should be built.
...a panel that includes city planners, art experts and historians.
...a national meeting of economic planners.
planner in British English
(ˈplænə)
noun
1.
a person who makes plans, esp for the development of a town, building, etc
2.
a chart for recording future appointments, tasks, goals, etc
planner in American English
(ˈplænər)
noun
1.
a person who plans
2.
a thing that aids in planning, specif. a small calendar, typically in the form of a booklet, with space at each date for listing appointments and activities
Examples of 'planner' in a sentence
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She has also been introduced to the hotel's wedding planner.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
China's top economic planner said yesterday that the country would continue to cut steel and coal production.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
So a city planner could ask it,'What about a roundabout here?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Urban planners also like them because they provide a continuous street front that looks elegant.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You can find advisers and financial planners at unbiased.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have to accept the contempt of architects and planners for our philistine lack of taste.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Wedding planners said that cost could also be a big factor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The first was that recruiting party planners was not straightforward.
The Sun (2016)
Western military planners have played down the targeting of individual figures.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The city planners are considering the options.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They should be at the forefront of the minds of politicians and urban planners alike.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What you need is a financial planner.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Architects and town planners are particularly prominent.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
For guess who the wedding planner is?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Marxism suggests three further steps that the urban planner should take.
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
It is looking for trainees to study to become chartered financial planners.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Bankers were like economic planners who took over industry and streamlined it through initially profitable monopolies and cartels.
Ramirez-Faria, Carlos The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations: A critique of Western theorieson development and underdevelopment (1990)
Hidden forces may yet take vengeance on lax town planners and profiteering builders in a drastic and unpredictable way.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
City planners will begin discussing the proposals today and have two months to decide on a refusal or approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was a town planner and just kept the posters rolled up along with lots of plans he worked on.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The chairman of the building committee has just met with the town planners and wants to give me a progress report.
Christianity Today (2000)
Beijing's economic planners want to hear this.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Drivers in Buckinghamshire are being encouraged to help planners decide how fast they should be allowed to go.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
BRITAIN'S shale gas industry faces a day of reckoning tomorrow when planners decide whether to allow fracking in Lancashire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
China's economic planners will also be worried about the impact on the economy of such huge inflows of cash.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some people are planners, some people garden in a more random, emotional way.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
planner
British English: planner NOUN
Planners are people whose job is to make decisions about what is going to be done in the future. For example, town planners decide how land should be used and what new buildings should be built.
...a panel that includes city planners, art experts and historians.
American English: planner
Brazilian Portuguese: urbanista
Chinese: 规划者
European Spanish: planificador
French: urbaniste
German: Planer
Italian: pianificatore
Japanese: 計画者
Korean: 설계자
European Portuguese: urbanista
Latin American Spanish: planificador
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route planner
a book of road maps
urban planner
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a person whose business is advising individuals in the management of their financial affairs
programme planner
someone who creates plans or schedules in regards to their line of work or occupation
city planning
the technique , profession , etc. of planning and coordinating the development or rehabilitation of urban areas
town planning
Town planning is the planning and design of all the new buildings , roads , and parks in a place in order to make them attractive and convenient for the people who live there.