Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A list of times of departures and arrivals; a timetable.
- noun A plan for performing work or achieving an objective, specifying the order and allotted time for each part.
- noun A printed or written list of items in tabular form.
- noun A program of events or appointments expected in a given time.
- noun A student's program of classes.
- noun A supplemental statement of details appended to a document.
- noun A federally regulated list of controlled substances, ranked in classes by potential for abuse.
- noun One of the ranks or classes in such a list.
- transitive verb To enter on a schedule.
- transitive verb To make up a schedule for.
- transitive verb To plan or appoint for a certain time or date.
- transitive verb To list or rank (a controlled substance) in a schedule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A paper stating details, usually in a tabular form or list, and often as an appendix or explanatory addition to another document, as a complete list of all the objects contained in a certain house, belonging to a certain person, or the like, intended to accompany a bill of sale, a deed of gift, or other legal paper or proceeding; any list, catalogue, or table: as, chemicals are in schedule A of the tariff law.
- noun Synonyms Register, Inventory, etc. See
list . - To make a schedule of, as of a number of objects.
- To include in a schedule, as any object.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
- transitive verb To form into, or place in, a schedule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To create a time-
schedule . - verb To
plan anactivity at aspecific date ortime in thefuture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a schedule; plan the time and place for events
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- verb plan for an activity or event
- noun an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Therefore, one only used the term schedule when visiting these areas in only the loosest possible context.
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Shoot, the way my schedule is these days, I am happy to fish a few times a month!
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The remainder of their schedule is against pretty good competition, but if they make it through unscathed, the Terps will need more than the cold weather to slow down the Seminoles.
Analysis of the Terps remaing games Box Seats blogger 2010
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Disruptions will probably be limited to pre-emptions in the first prime-time hour, but some later reshuffling of the schedule is also possible.
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Given the schedule is appears to Ares 1x is to fly this summer with Mr Cooke being the Manager that forced the procurement through the system with Doc NONaerospace at the helm of ESMD.
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Shoot, the way my schedule is these days, I am happy to fish a few times a month!
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If he and del Toro really are fans of the actor, he's certainly someone they could look to for the role now that his schedule is a bit more free.
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A trip to Central De Autobuses to get a schedule is a diversion, but perhaps necessary.
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A trip to Central De Autobuses to get a schedule is a diversion, but perhaps necessary.
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A trip to Central De Autobuses to get a schedule is a diversion, but perhaps necessary.
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word schedule
The British pronunciation of this word bothers me more than it should.
February 5, 2007
pamelad commented on the word schedule
More than it schould?
February 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the word schedule
Schurely you know the Britisch have the bescht way of schaying it.
February 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word schedule
Indubitably.
February 7, 2007