scheduledadj.
/ˈʃɛdjᵿld/, /ˈʃɛdjuːld/, /ˈʃɛdʒᵿld/, /ˈskɛdjᵿld/, /ˈskɛdjuːld/, U.S. /ˈskɛˌdʒuld/, /ˈskɛdʒəld/ Entered on a schedule or list; included in a schedule.
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society > communication > record > list > [adjective] > listed
tabledc1500
irrotulate1594
enumerate1646
enumerated1721
booked1727
catalogued1795
scheduled1881
listed1907
to-do list1992
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > arranged > scheduled
scheduled1881
timed1888
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > specially mentioned or indicated > in a schedule
schedulate1815
scheduled1881
1881 Daily News 21 Jan. 2/1 Antrim was not in the scheduled district.
1888 Daily News 5 Nov. 5/2 Students..must make up their minds for which particular competition they shall enter, and..must..waste no time by straying from the scheduled path.
1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Pref. p. xx Treatment varies widely from doctor to doctor, one practitioner prescribing six or seven scheduled poisons for so familiar a disease as enteric fever.
1921 Rep. Anc. Monuments Advisory Comm. 6 A scheduled monument..whether public or private may not be in any way damaged.
1931 H. F. Pringle Theodore Roosevelt iii. v. 568 He insisted..upon making a scheduled speech.
1952 ‘J. Tey’ Singing Sands ix. 130 Most of us fly scheduled routes, but some fly tramps.
1970 Guardian 31 Dec. 18/3 BEA will be able to offer seats on scheduled flights to package tour holidaymakers..at knock-down prices.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 16 Nov. 3/7 A scheduled meeting with Mr. Ford will not take place until the following week.
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Scheduled Caste n. (also with lower-case initials) (in India and Pakistan, an official designation for) any of various hereditary groups or castes, traditionally regarded as being outside the varna system, hence belonging to the lowest social rank in Hindu society and historically marginalized and disadvantaged; usually in plural; cf. Dalit n., Harijan n., untouchable n. 2a ⓘOfficially recognized as a disadvantaged group, Scheduled Castes are now legally protected from discrimination in India and Pakistan, and measures have been introduced to improve their economic and social position. See also Scheduled Tribe n.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [noun]
depressed class(es)1931
Scheduled Caste1935
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste
Kunbi1598
pariah1613
Shudra1630
Vaishya1665
chuckler1759
bhangi1823
Kori1839
Mahar1855
sweeper1859
Kola1873
Sansi1882
Panchama1893
untouchable1909
Harijan1931
Scheduled Caste1935
Dalit1948
Scheduled Tribe1957
1933 Manch. Guardian 18 Mar. (City ed.) 15/3 Provision is also to be made for an electorate of approximately 2 per cent of the depressed classes, who are in future to be known as the scheduled castes.
1935 Government of India Act (26 George V, c. 2) 1st Sched. §26(1) 217 ‘The scheduled castes’ means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes, being castes, races, tribes, parts or groups which appear to His Majesty in Council to correspond to the classes of persons formerly known as ‘the depressed classes’.
2015 World Affairs 19 No. 4. 71 Although scheduled castes/scheduled tribes are heavily underrepresented at the top..a few have reached significant positions in the private sector.
scheduled territory n. between 1947 and 1972, any of a group of countries, mostly within the British Commonwealth, with currencies linked to sterling; the sterling area; after 1972 (see quot. 1977; the Republic of Ireland has now ceased to be part of the sterling area).
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > currency area
scheduled territory1947
1947 Act 10 & 11 Geo. VI c. 4 §1 (3) In this Act..the expression ‘the scheduled territories’ means the territories specified in the First Schedule to this Act, so, however, that the Treasury may at any time by order amend the said Schedule, either by the addition or exclusion of territories.
1964 Financial Times 12 Mar. 19/5 The Scheduled Territories are the British Commonwealth (except Canada), the Irish Republic, British Trust Territories, British Protectorates and Protected States, Burma, Iceland, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Kuwait, Lybia, South Africa and South West Africa, Western Samoa.
1972 Statutory Instruments II. i. 2926 The Scheduled Territories now consist only of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland.
1977 Guide to United Kingdom Exchange Control (Bank of England) 6 The Scheduled Territories at present comprise the United Kingdom, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, the Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar.
Scheduled Tribe n. (also with lower-case initials) (an official designation for) any of various peoples and communities within Indian society officially recognized as having historically been marginalized and disadvantaged, esp. as a result of geographical isolation; usually in plural.ⓘScheduled Tribes are now legally protected from discrimination in India and measures have been introduced to improve their economic and social position. See also Scheduled Caste n.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > pre-Aryan Indian peoples
Oraon1840
Scheduled Tribe1957
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [noun] > outside taboos of caste
Scheduled Tribe1957
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste
Kunbi1598
pariah1613
Shudra1630
Vaishya1665
chuckler1759
bhangi1823
Kori1839
Mahar1855
sweeper1859
Kola1873
Sansi1882
Panchama1893
untouchable1909
Harijan1931
Scheduled Caste1935
Dalit1948
Scheduled Tribe1957
1949 Far Eastern Surv. 18 89/1 These clauses [in the Constitution] provide ‘reserved’ seats in the lower houses of the Union Parliament..for ‘scheduled tribes’, ‘scheduled castes’, Moslems, Anglo-Indians, and Indian Christians.
1957 G. S. Ghurye Mahadev Kolis i. 4 Many sections of Kolis describe themselves as Mahadev Kolis in order to be able to claim the special benefits of the Scheduled Tribes.
1972 Times of India 28 Nov. 13/2 (advt.) This post is unreserved, however, preference will be given to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates.
2015 World Affairs 19 No. 4. 71 Although scheduled castes/scheduled tribes are heavily underrepresented at the top..a few have reached significant positions in the private sector.
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U.S. Of a drug: assigned to one of five classifications which place legal restrictions on availability and use; that has been scheduled (see schedule v. Additions); cf. controlled adj. 4.
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1974 Southwestern Reporter (Lexis) 508 730 Three of them he identified as ‘scheduled’ drugs, each prescribed by a different physician. All were potentially addictive.
1992 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 2 June d1 If somebody were to discover alcohol today, it would be a scheduled narcotic drug because it's so harmful.
2002 R. L. Miller Encycl. Addictive Drugs Introd. 6 Scheduled drugs are theoretically ranked by their potential for abuse.
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British. Designating a structure, edifice, or (in later use) site of archaeological or historical interest or importance listed by Act of Parliament to be protected from damage or destruction; esp. (and in earliest use) in scheduled monument.The earliest legislation in the United Kingdom regarding the preservation of such monuments was the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1882). Current measures in England, Wales, and Scotland are enforced under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act of 1979, and in Northern Ireland by the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.In quot. 1873 in the context of discussion of early proposals for what would become the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1882).
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1873 55th Ann. Rep. p. xi, in Jrnl. Royal Inst. Cornwall Apr. What was meant by being under control of the Commissioners was, that they would have power to put railings or fences round all the scheduled monuments.
1930 Scotsman 12 Apr. 12/3 The Wall [sc. Hadrian's Wall] is a scheduled Ancient Monument, and therefore is secured a certain restricted protection.
1984 New Scientist 29 Mar. 8/2 In 1981, somebody dug a hole into the top of one of the scheduled mounds of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, where the great ship burial was found.
2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales vii. 216/1 The Bwlch yr Oerfa scheduled monument, an agricultural settlement that is thought to be part of the former Cwmystwyth Grange of the Old Cistercian Abbey at Strata Florida.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2022).
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