pencil in

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Verb

pencil in

1. (transitive) to fill in using pencil
2. (idiomatic, transitive) to provisionally schedule

   I'll pencil you in for tomorrow at noon.

   • 2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 75:

     A decision on the DCO [Development Consent Order] is pencilled in for April 2021, with physical work beginning in 2022 and construction completed in 2027.

Translations

to make a tentative booking

• Finnish: tehdä alustava varaus
• French: poser une option
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: σημειώνω (el) (simeióno)

References

• “pencil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.