plan on
A2 informal inseparable transitive
In simple words
To want or mean to do something; to expect something.
Meanings
1 A2 informal
To intend or mean to do something.
"We're planning on visiting Japan next spring if everything goes well."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 informal
To expect or anticipate something happening.
"I wasn't planning on it raining today — I left my umbrella at home."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Always followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form): 'plan on doing something'. Very common in both American and British English. More informal than 'intend to' or 'plan to'. The sense of 'expect' is common in negative constructions ('I wasn't planning on this').
Commonly used with
going staying leaving doing being arriving
Forms
Base
plan on
I/you/we/they
3rd person
plans on
he/she/it
Past simple
planed on
yesterday
Past participle
planed on
have + pp
-ing form
planing on
continuous
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