calendar

[ kal-uhn-der ]

noun

1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:

   He marked the date on his calendar.

2. any of various systems of reckoning time, especially with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year. Compare Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Islamic calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar.
3. a list or register, especially one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.

   Synonyms: program, schedule, diary

4. a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
5. Obsolete. a guide or example.

verb (used with object)

1. to enter in a calendar; register.

calendar

/ ˈkælɪndə; kæˈlɛndrɪkəl /

noun

1. See Roman calendar, Revolutionary calendar, Julian calendar, Jewish calendar, Gregorian calendar
   a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions See also Gregorian calendar Jewish calendar Julian calendar Revolutionary calendar Roman calendar
2. a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
3. a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc

verb

1. tr to enter in a calendar; schedule; register

Derived Forms

• calendrical, adjective

Other Words From

• ca·len·dri·cal [k, uh, -, len, -dri-k, uh, l], ca·len·dric cal·en·dar·i·al [kal-, uh, n-, dair, -ee-, uh, l], cal·en·dar·i·an cal·en·dar·ic adjective
• un·cal·en·dared adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of calendar¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English calender, from Anglo-French, from Latin calendārium “account book,” equivalent to Calend(ae) calends (when debts were due) + -ārium -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of calendar¹

C13: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends , when interest on debts became due

Example Sentences

Newton was born during a 150-year-period where England used a different calendar from the rest of Europe.

From The Daily Beast

Mark your calendar for the global summit, April 22 to 24 in NYC!

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Chanukah itself is a relatively minor holiday on the religious Jewish calendar.

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Her Facebook photos could populate a tame “girls with guns” style calendar.

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The days it takes place are marked on the wall calendar in the kitchen and counted down to with feverish excitement.

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The following lines from the same source have been very appropriately called "The Smoker's Calendar."

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He noticed the date on the hotel calendar, and realised that the Fates had another ten days in which to drown him.

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But the shadows are lengthening, the days come and go, and still my name has not appeared on the court calendar.

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The bill is read in its entirety when its turn comes on the calendar and the "Patron" explains carefully its contents.

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Taking down a calendar from the wall, he laid it beside the paper on the table before the too eager lawyer.

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Related Words

• agenda
• almanac
• card
• chronology
• diary
• docket
• journal
• lineup
• list
• program
• table
• timetable