schedule

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   plan for an activity or event

   I've scheduled a concert next week

2. 2
   noun

   A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.

   To complete on time, we must follow the schedule.

3. 3
   noun

   A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.

   schedule of tribes

4. 4
   noun

   A slip of paper; a short note.

   He demands the blood-written schedule back from the demon, who refuses to give it up

5. 5
   verb

   To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.

   The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.

6. 6
   verb

   To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.

   I am scheduled for classes next month.

7. 7
   verb

   To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.

   whether or not to schedule a patient

8. 8
   verb

   To classify as a controlled substance.

   Many harm reduction groups and drug policy experts question the long-term efficacy of scheduling xylazine.

Etymology

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.