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Planning

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Narrower term 7

Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Calculation 76% connected

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

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Deliberation 76% connected

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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Forethought 76% connected

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

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mens rea 76% connected

The guilty state of mind required for some crimes.

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Premeditation 76% connected

The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

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Cerebration 76% connected

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Designing 76% connected

of Design

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Intellection 76% connected

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…

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Preparation 76% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Thinking 76% connected

of Think

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Contrive 74% connected

To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

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Contrive 74% connected

To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

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Plan 74% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Plan 74% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Preparation 92% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Provision 92% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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