Scheduling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Scheduling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of schedule.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of schedule.
More Meanings
- (countable) The time at which a particular event is scheduled.
- (countable) Assignment to a schedule, or systematic arrangement.
- (uncountable) A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.
Example Sentences
The use of modified unit-dose rather than eight separate pharmacies with an individual prescription system could have prevented virtually all of these inappropriate schedulings of drugs.
Word Forms
- schedulings
Synonyms for scheduling
Depending on context, synonyms include programming.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include programming, timetable, agenda, listing, program, programmability.
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