schedule

[ skej-ool, -ool, -oo-uhl; British shed-yool, shej-ool ]

/ ˈskɛdʒ ul, -ʊl, -u əl; British ˈʃɛd yul, ˈʃɛdʒ ul /

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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.

Obsolete. a written paper.

verb (used with object), sched·uled, sched·ul·ing.

to make a schedule of or enter in a schedule.

to plan for a certain date: to schedule publication for June.

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Origin of schedule

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin schedula, equivalent to Latin sched(a) “leaf of paper” + -ula noun suffix (see -ule); replacing Middle English cedule, sedule, from Middle French, from Late Latin, as above

SYNONYMS FOR schedule

4 table, register.

6 register, list, enroll, tabulate.

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synonym study for schedule

4. See list¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM schedule

sched·u·lar, adjectivesched·ul·er, nounpre·sched·ule, verb (used with object), pre·sched·uled, pre·sched·ul·ing.sub·sched·ule, noun

un·sched·uled, adjectivewell-scheduled, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for schedule

Needless to say, scheduling major events on the Jewish High Holidays does nothing to assuage those concerns.
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The U.S. is scheduling up to 100 attack, surveillance, and humanitarian airdrop missions a day over Iraq.
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Organized travel demands the scheduling of every waking hour.
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According to multiple reports, this scheduling shakeup had been a long time in the making.
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Overall, some evidence of scheduling fraud was found in 76 percent of the 731 VA facilities reviewed for the audit.
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Again it is chiefly that we are scheduling more and more flights.
The Last Straw|William J. Smith
(c) Scheduling a report on disaster mitigation issues from the Office of Emergency Services, on the commission agenda as required.
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With his two girls, the young production manager does all the work of scheduling.
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British Dictionary definitions for schedule

schedule

/ (ˈʃɛdjuːl, esp US ˈskɛdʒʊəl) /

noun

a plan of procedure for a project, allotting the work to be done and the time for it

a list of itemsa 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 schedule at the expected or planned time

verb (tr)

to make a schedule of or place in a schedule

to plan to occur at a certain time

Derived forms of schedule

schedular, adjective

Word Origin for schedule

C14: earlier cedule, sedule via Old French from Late Latin schedula small piece of paper, from Latin scheda sheet of paper

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