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schedule
[ skej-ool, -ool, -oo-uhl; British shed-yool, shej-ool ]
noun
- a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion:
The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- a series of things to be done or of events to occur at or during a particular time or period:
He always has a full schedule.
- a timetable.
- a written or printed statement of details, often in classified or tabular form, especially one forming an appendix or explanatory addition to another document.
Synonyms: ,
- Obsolete. a written paper.
verb (used with object)
- to make a schedule of or enter in a schedule.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to plan for a certain date:
to schedule publication for June.
schedule
/ ˈʃɛdjuːl; ˈskɛdʒʊəl /
noun
- a plan of procedure for a project, allotting the work to be done and the time for it
- a list of items
a schedule of fixed prices
- a list of times, esp of arrivals and departures; timetable
- a list of tasks to be performed, esp within a set period
- law a list or inventory, usually supplementary to a contract, will, etc
- on scheduleat the expected or planned time
verb
- to make a schedule of or place in a schedule
- to plan to occur at a certain time
Derived Forms
- ˈܱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- u· adjective
- u· noun
- ·u verb (used with object) prescheduled prescheduling
- ܲ·u noun
- ܲ·u adjective
- ɱ-u adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of schedule1
Idioms and Phrases
see on schedule .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The sons were scheduled to face each other in 2022 but the fight was cancelled because Benn failed a drugs test.
Johnson was scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday.
It was scheduled for Sunday but has been postponed due to the death of Pope Francis.
"They provide heads of state and government with a good excuse to break existing schedules for urgent discussions on current problems without arousing public expectations," he wrote in his book, Diplomacy: Theory and Practice.
She’s scheduled to appear in court again on May 15.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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