schedule
/ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/ noun, verb
Forms schedules scheduling scheduled
- 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.”
- noun A serial record of items, systematically arranged. “The building code includes a schedule of acceptable configurations.”
- noun (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. “schedule of tribes”
- noun (US, law, often capitalized) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification. “Heroin is a Schedule I drug with a high potential for abuse.”
- noun (Australia, law, medicine) One of the nine schedules of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons. Identical to the American usage above.
- noun (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
- noun (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
- verb To create a time-schedule.
- verb (transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time. “The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.”
- verb (transitive) 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.”
- verb (transitive, Australia, medicine) 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”
- verb (transitive, US) To classify as a controlled substance.
Synonyms
timeline timetable catalog inventory list listing register registry table make time sign up enroll book section commit agenda docket
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 *skʰíd͏̌d͏̌ō, 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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
- verb To form into, or place in, a schedule.
Etymology [F. cédule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. scindere to cleave, Gr. Schism, and cf. Cedule.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “schedule”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details