schedule

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A plan that lists when activities or events will happen.

   To finish on time, we must follow the schedule.

2. 2
   verb

   To arrange for something to happen at a particular time.

   The next election is scheduled for the twentieth of November.

Common collocations

• schedule a visit Verb + noun

Inherited from Middle English cedule, from Middle French cedule (whence French cédule), from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰíďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti, from *skeyd- (“to divide, split”). Doublet of cedula and cedule. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɛdjuːl/, /ˈsɛdʒuːl/; the pronunciations with /ʃ/ and /sk/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schism.

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