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   schedule

   /ˈʃɛdjuːl/

   noun

   • 1. a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times: "we have drawn up an engineering schedule" Similar planprogrammetimetablescheme
   • ▪ one's day-to-day plans or timetable: "take a moment out of your busy schedule" Similar timetableagendadiarycalendarappointment booklist of appointmentssocial calendaritinerary
   • ▪ a timetable: "information on airline schedules" Similar timetableagendadiarycalendarappointment booklist of appointmentssocial calendaritinerarylistcatalogueinventorysyllabus
   • 2. an appendix to a formal document or statute, especially as a list, table, or inventory: "they need a clear schedule of fixtures and fittings"
   • 3. (with reference to the British system of income tax) any of the forms (named ‘A’, ‘B’, etc.) issued for completion and relating to the various classes into which taxable income is divided.

   verb

   • 1. arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time: "the release of the single is scheduled for April"
   • ▪ make arrangements for (someone or something) to do something: "he is scheduled to be released from prison this spring"
   • 2. include (a building or site) in a list for legal preservation or protection: British "Cowley Bridge has already been scheduled and protected as an ancient monument"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘scroll, explanatory note, appendix’): from Old French cedule, from late Latin schedula ‘slip of paper’, diminutive of scheda, from Greek skhedē ‘papyrus leaf’. The verb dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. schedular adjective

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