Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense schedules, present participle scheduling, past tense, past participle scheduled
1. countable noun
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
He has been forced to adjust his schedule.
We both have such hectic schedules.
Synonyms: plan, programme, agenda, calendar More Synonyms of schedule
2. uncountable noun
You can use schedule to refer to the time or way something is planned to be done. For example, if something is completed on schedule, it is completed at the time planned.
The jet arrived in Johannesburg two minutes ahead of schedule.
Everything went according to schedule.
It will be completed several weeks behind schedule.
3. verb [usually passive]
If something is scheduled to happen at a particular time, arrangements are made for it to happen at that time.
The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
A presidential election was scheduled for last December. [beVERB-ed + for]
No new talks are scheduled. [beVERB-ed]
Synonyms: plan, set up, book, programme More Synonyms of schedule
4. countable noun
A schedule is a written list of things, for example a list of prices, details, or conditions.
5. countable noun
A schedule is a list of all the times when trains, boats, buses, or aircraft are supposed to arrive at or leave a particular place.
[mainly US]
...a bus schedule.
regional note: in BRIT, usually use timetable
6. countable noun
In a school or college, a schedule is a diagram that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, usually use timetable
More Synonyms of schedule
schedule in British English
(ˈʃɛdjuːl, esp US ˈskɛdʒʊəl)
noun
1.
a plan of procedure for a project, allotting the work to be done and the time for it
2.
a list of items
a schedule of fixed prices
3.
a list of times, esp of arrivals and departures; timetable
4.
a list of tasks to be performed, esp within a set period
5. law
a list or inventory, usually supplementary to a contract, will, etc
6. on schedule
verb(transitive)
7.
to make a schedule of or place in a schedule
8.
to plan to occur at a certain time
Derived forms
schedular (ˈschedular)
adjective
Word origin
C14: earlier cedule, sedule via Old French from Late Latin schedula small piece of paper, from Latin scheda sheet of paper
schedule in American English
(ˈskɛdʒʊl; ˈskɛdʒʊəl; British; & often ; Canadian ˈʃɛdʒʊl; ˈʃɛdjʊl)
noun
1. Obsolete
a paper with writing on it
2.
a list, catalog, or inventory of details, often as an explanatory supplement to a will, bill of sale, deed, tax form, etc.
3. US
a list of times of recurring events, projected operations, arriving and departing trains, etc.; timetable
4. US
a timed plan for a procedure or project
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈscheduled or ˈscheduling
5.
to place or include in a schedule
6.
to make a schedule of
7. US
to plan for a certain time
Word origin
altered (infl. by LL) < ME sedule < OFr cedule < LL schedula, dim. of L scheda, a strip of papyrus < Gr schidē, splinter of wood, split piece < schizein, to split: see schizo-
schedule in Insurance
(skɛdʒul)
Word forms: (regular plural) schedules
noun
(Insurance: General)
A schedule is a list of individual items covered by an insurance policy with their descriptions and values.
Coverage is for damage to covered property caused by an accident to an object identifiedin the policy's schedule.
A vehicle schedule is a list of vehicles attached to and covered by an insurance policy.
A schedule is a list of individual items covered by an insurance policy with their descriptionsand values.
COBUILD Collocations
schedule
daily schedule
daytime schedule
festive schedule
filming schedule
gruelling schedule
heavy schedule
packed schedule
production schedule
punishing schedule
rigorous schedule
strict schedule
summer schedule
touring schedule
training schedule
Examples of 'schedule' in a sentence
schedule
The married father of three says he finds time in his busy schedule to play village cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We were ahead of schedule last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The schedules are the way they are and we have to get on with them.
The Sun (2009)
We are two months ahead of schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You should ask people who make the schedule.
The Sun (2011)
The report blamed work schedules for the time they spend apart.
The Sun (2010)
The work was completed two years behind schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The first is simply one of scheduling.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Aides insisted that he would leave his schedule unchanged.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They liked having the option of paying for a faster journey when on a tight schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Those figures seem to suggest the scheme was coming in on budget but behind schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Talks between the two were thought to be scheduled to take place yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Political prisoners were released and a schedule for democratic elections organised.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We met up most days when my hectic schedule allowed.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
You can set a schedule specifying a time for the boiler to come on.
The Sun (2016)
The proper way to use objectives is the way an airline uses schedules and flight plans.
Peter F. Drucker THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER (2001)
They have a good opportunity to show me they are ahead of the planned schedule.
The Sun (2007)
Take some time out of your busy schedule to work out what you really want from life.
The Sun (2015)
Often a planned schedule and to-do list are thrown out the window by lunch time.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
schedule
British English: schedule /ˈʃɛdjuːl; ˈskɛdʒʊəl/ NOUN
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
He has been forced to adjust his schedule.
American English: schedule
Arabic: جَدْوَل
Brazilian Portuguese: cronograma
Chinese: 日程安排
Croatian: raspored
Czech: program plán
Danish: tidsplan
Dutch: schema
European Spanish: calendario agenda
Finnish: aikataulu ohjelma
French: programme plan
German: Zeitplan
Greek: χρονοδιάγραμμα
Italian: programma
Japanese: 予定
Korean: 일정
Norwegian: timeplan
Polish: harmonogram
European Portuguese: plano
Romanian: program
Russian: график
Latin American Spanish: calendario programa
Swedish: schema
Thai: ตารางเวลา
Turkish: program
Ukrainian: розклад
Vietnamese: kế hoạch
British English: schedule VERB
If something is scheduled to happen at a particular time, arrangements are made for it to happen at that time.
The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38.
American English: schedule
Brazilian Portuguese: agendar
Chinese: 排程
European Spanish: fijar la hora/fecha de
French: programmer
German: planen
Italian: programmare
Japanese: 予定する
Korean: 예정되어 있다
European Portuguese: agendar
Latin American Spanish: fijar la hora/fecha de
All related terms of 'schedule'
on schedule
at the expected or planned time
class schedule
In a school or college , a class schedule is a list that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught . You can also refer to the range of subjects that a student learns or the classes that a teacher teaches as their class schedule .
daily schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
heavy schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
packed schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
strict schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
summer schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
daytime schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
festive schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
filming schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
gruelling schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
punishing schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
repayment schedule
a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan , such as monthly payment , interest rate , due dates etc
rigorous schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
touring schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
training schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
production schedule
A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
classification schedule
the printed scheme of a system of classification
schedule an appointment
If you have an appointment with someone, you have arranged to see them at a particular time, usually in connection with their work or for a serious purpose.