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Webster 1913 Edition
Schedule
Sched′ule
(?; in England commonly ?; 277)
, Noun.
[F.
cédule
, formerly also spelt schedule
, L. schedula
, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. [GREEK] a tablet, leaf, and to L. scindere
to cleave, Gr. [GREEK]. See Schism
, and cf. Cedule
.] 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.
Syn. – Catalogue; list; inventory. see
List
. Sched′ule
,Verb.
T.
To form into, or place in, a schedule.
Definition 2024
schedule
schedule
English
Noun
schedule (plural schedules)
- (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note. [14th-17th c.]
- (law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. [from 15th c.]
- schedule of tribes
- A timetable, or other time-based plan of events; a plan of what is to occur, and at what time. [from 19th c.]
- (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
Translations
time-based plan of events
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Verb
schedule (third-person singular simple present schedules, present participle scheduling, simple past and past participle scheduled)
- To create a time-schedule.
- To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.
- I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then.
- The next elections are scheduled on the 20th of November.
Translations
to create a schedule
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To plan an activity at a specific date or time
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References
- “schedule” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ↑ “Definition of schedule in English”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Oxford Online Dictionaries, accessed 2014-04-15
- ↑ “Definition of schedule in English”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Merriam-Webster, accessed 2015-01-31