schedule

 
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛdjuːl, ˈskɛd-/

noun

  • 1a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times: we have drawn up an engineering schedule
  • (usually one's schedule) one’s day-to-day plans or timetable: take a moment out of your busy schedule
  • a timetable: information on airline schedules
  • 2chiefly Law 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

[with object]
  • 1arrange 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: [with object and infinitive]: he is scheduled to be released from prison this spring
  • 2British include (a building or site) in a list for legal preservation or protection: Cowley Bridge has already been scheduled and protected as an ancient monument

Phrases

ahead of (or behind) schedule

earlier (or later) than planned or expected: work finished an astonishing twelve days ahead of schedule I’m behind schedule as it is

to (or on or according to) schedule

on time; as planned or expected: the filming was still on schedule

Derivatives

schedular

adjective

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