Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

1. 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.
2. A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
3. (law) 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.
4. (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
5. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
6. To create a time-schedule.
7. (transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.
8. (transitive) To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.

Example Sentences

To complete on time, we must follow the schedule.

schedule of tribes

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

The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.

I am scheduled for classes next month.

I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then.

whether or not to schedule a patient

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

Word Forms

• schedules
• Schedule
• scheduling
• scheduled

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When Should You Use Schedule?

Use schedule when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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