calendar
Americannoun
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calendars
plural
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a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year.
He marked the date on his calendar.
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any of various systems of reckoning time, especially with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year.
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a list or register, especially one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.
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a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
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Obsolete. a guide or example.
verb (used with object)
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calendars,
present (3rd person singular)
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calendared,
past participle, past
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calendaring
present participle
noun
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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
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a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
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a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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calendarialadjective
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calendarianadjective
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calendaricadjective
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calendricadjective
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calendricaladjective
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uncalendaredadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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calendarsimple
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calendarssimple
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have calendaredperfect
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has calendaredperfect
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am calendaringprogressive
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are calendaringprogressive
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is calendaringprogressive
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have been calendaringperfect progressive
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has been calendaringperfect progressive
Past
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calendaredsimple
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had calendaredperfect
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was calendaringprogressive
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were calendaringprogressive
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had been calendaringperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of calendar
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
Explanation
A calendar is a chart that organizes the year into days, weeks or months. It's also a list of appointments or activities, like the calendar for the club that lists when the bands are playing. A calendar might hang on your refrigerator, where you can scribble your appointments on the squares. If you have something scheduled every day of the week, your calendar is full. In that case you might keep track of your dates with a calendar on your computer (or phone). Don't misspell it with an er ending, or you're referring to a machine that presses cloth. If you remember that "DAys" are in calenDArs, then you'll know to end it with a DAr.
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The measure generally would have meant that environmental impact reports could take no more than 365 business days and lawsuits no more than 270 calendar days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
And the calendar may not offer much comfort.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Heading into the season, the Chargers might have circled Sunday’s game against Houston on their calendar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
“The art it represents,” wrote Vincent Canby in the New York Times, “belongs to that school of very classy calendar art supported by airlines, insurance corporations and a few enlightened barber shops.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
My wall calendar will have to be re-done.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Such travel is noted in calendars reviewed by ProPublica and the Tribune.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
That new renaissance is now increasingly connected to agentic software – or programs capable of automatically completing tasks like managing calendars, booking reservations and sorting through email.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Muse, Instinct and agents like them promise to make your life easier by planning vacations, sorting calendars and cancelling subscription plans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Muse becomes more useful as the person using it gives the AI agent more access to their life, including emails, text messages and calendars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
January 2 comes faster than any second day in any new year since they first invented calendars.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to block the new plan on an emergency basis, and rapidly calendared the case for oral argument.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
Her rapidity signaled that the trial will be calendared for an early 2024 date, well before the election.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023
Circuit Court of Appeals has tentatively calendared the South Carolina case for oral arguments the week of Dec. 6, according to an order from the court posted Friday.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Documents confirm my memory that this was calendared as “Meeting: Don Jr.| Jared Kushner.”
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2018
What revelations do we find in the calendared leaves of a modern poem?
From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Charles William Eliot
He would improve court efficiency with clear calendaring practices and firm and fair deadline enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
A calendaring notice filed in the court’s electronic docketing system did not specify charges or whether Chansley had entered a plea deal with prosecutors.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
But he also, more mysteriously, choked up as he discussed his habit of calendaring his high school years or remembered his buddies on the basketball team.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2018
“The EPA maintains three email accounts which are attributed to Administrator Pruitt: two are used by staff for calendaring and public correspondence; the third is used by the Administrator,” he added.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2018
This gentleman, Mr. Turnbull, happened to be employed some years ago in arranging, copying, and calendaring the Elizabethan State papers.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
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