timetable

[tahym-tey-buh l]

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noun

a schedule showing the times at which railroad trains, airplanes, etc., arrive and depart.
any schedule or plan designating the times at or within which certain things occur or are scheduled to occur: a timetable of coming musical events; a timetable of space research.
British.
1. a university or college catalog listing all classes taught during a school semester, along with the time that each class is held, the instructor's name, etc.
2. a student's class schedule or course of study during a school semester.

Origin of timetable

First recorded in 1830–40; time + table

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Examples from the Web for timetable

Contemporary Examples

Yes, Obama presided over the withdrawal American forces from Iraq, and announced a timetable for their pullout from Afghanistan.
Obama Is the New Dubya
Lloyd Green
June 17, 2014
There is some disagreement or reservations about whether people are trying to wish things away on a timetable.
‘Over My Dead Body’: Spies Fight Obama Push to Downsize Terror War
Eli Lake
May 21, 2014
Democrats have it in their power to help hasten that timetable by making this an issue.
Show Me the Medicaid Money
Michael Tomasky
February 28, 2014
It has become a priority and Damascus has sped up the timetable to attack.
Hezbollah and Assad Plan Offensive On Jihadists In Yabrud
Jamie Dettmer
January 31, 2014
Microsoft says a similar system will come to the Xbox One but has given no timetable.
Which Video Game System Is King?
Alec Kubas-Meyer
November 26, 2013

Historical Examples

A timetable is worked out by the group, not imposed upon it.
Marriage Enrichment Retreats
David Mace
This, in small apologetic type like a footnote on a timetable.
Erik Dorn
Ben Hecht
Munich,” he murmurs, tracing its course through the timetable, “depart 2.15.
Diary of a Pilgrimage
Jerome K. Jerome
In a rash moment I ventured to concentrate my whole attention on the timetable.
Boycotted
Talbot Baines Reed
She was within nine hours—so the timetable said—of St. Louis!
A Modern Chronicle, Complete
Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for timetable

timetable

noun

a list or table of events arranged according to the time when they take place; schedule

verb

(tr) to include in or arrange according to a timetable
(intr) to draw up a timetable

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Word Origin and History for timetable

n.

1838, originally of railway trains, from time (n.) + table (n.).

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Examples from the Web for timetable

Contemporary Examples

Yes, Obama presided over the withdrawal American forces from Iraq, and announced a timetable for their pullout from Afghanistan.

There is some disagreement or reservations about whether people are trying to wish things away on a timetable.

Democrats have it in their power to help hasten that timetable by making this an issue.

It has become a priority and Damascus has sped up the timetable to attack.

Microsoft says a similar system will come to the Xbox One but has given no timetable.

Historical Examples

A timetable is worked out by the group, not imposed upon it.

This, in small apologetic type like a footnote on a timetable.

Munich,” he murmurs, tracing its course through the timetable, “depart 2.15.

In a rash moment I ventured to concentrate my whole attention on the timetable.

She was within nine hours—so the timetable said—of St. Louis!

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Word Origin and History for timetable

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Origin of timetable