schedule

English

Etymology

From Old French cedule ( > French cédule), from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhedē, “papyrus leaf”)

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈskɛdʒuəl/, /ˈskɛdʒuːl/, /ˈʃɛdjuːl/, /ˈʃɛdʒuːl/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈʃɛdjuːl/, SAMPA: /SEdju:l/; IPA: /ˈʃɛdjəl/; IPA: /ˈʃɛdʒəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈskɛ.dʒul/, /ˈskɛ.dʒəl/

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Noun

schedule (plural schedules)

1. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note. [14th-17th c.]
2. (law) An annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument. [from 15th c.]
3. A timetable, or other time-based plan of events; a plan of what is to occur, and at what time. [from 19th c.]
4. (US) Each of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification. [from 20th c.]
5. (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• timetable
• timeline

Translations

time-based plan of events

American Sign Language: 4@RadialPalm-OpenB@CenterChesthigh Contact 4@UlnarPalm 4@BasePalm Contact 4@TipFinger Bulgarian: расписание (bg) (raspisánie) n., програма (bg) (prográma) f. Catalan: horari m., programa m. Chinese: Mandarin: 時刻表 (zh), 时刻表 (zh) (shíkèbiǎo), (e.g. flights) 班期 (zh) (bānqī), 日程 (zh) (rìchéng), 附表 (zh) (fùbiǎo) Czech: rozvrh (cs) m., harmonogram (cs) m. Dutch: programma (nl) n. Finnish: aikataulu (fi) French: planning (fr) m., horaire (fr) m., ordonnancement (fr) m., emploi du temps (fr) German: Termin (de) m., Programm (de) n., Zeitplan (de) m. Greek: χρονοδιάγραμμα (el) (chronodiágramma) n., πρόγραμμα (el) (prógramma) n.

Hungarian: beosztás (hu) Japanese: 予定 (ja) (よてい, yotei), 日程 (ja) (にってい, nittei), スケジュール (ja) (sukejūru) Norwegian: timeplan (no) m. Polish: harmonogram (pl) Portuguese: agenda (pt), cronograma (pt) Russian: расписание (ru) (raspisánije) n., график (ru) (gráfik) m., программа (ru) (prográmma) f., план (ru) (plan) m. Slovene: urnik (sl) Spanish: horario (es), itinerario (es) m. Swedish: schema (sv) n. Turkish: program (tr), tarife (tr)

Verb

schedule (third-person singular simple present schedules, present participle scheduling, simple past and past participle scheduled)

1. To create a time-schedule.
2. 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.

Derived terms

• scheduled caste
• scheduled tribe

Translations

to create a schedule

Finnish: aikatauluttaa (fi) French: planifier (fr), ordonnancer (fr) German: planen (de)

Portuguese: agendar (pt) Russian: планировать (ru) (planírovat') Swedish: schemalägga (sv)

To plan an activity at a specific date or time

French: prévoir (fr), programmer (fr) German: planen (de) Greek: προγραμματίζω (el) (programmatízo)

Russian: планировать (ru) (planírovat') Spanish: programar (es) Swedish: inplanera (sv)

References

• “schedule” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

External links

• Schedule (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Schedule (disambiguation)
• Schedule in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.