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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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Synonyms

intend to mean to expect to aim to count on have in mind

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