schedule

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English

Alternative forms

• Schedule (law)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cedule, from Middle French cedule, from Old French cedule (whence French cédule), 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛdjuːl/, /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/, /ˈskɛdjuːl/, /ˈskɛd͡ʒuːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛd͡ʒʊl/, /ˈskɛd͡ʒ(u)(ə)l/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛd͡ʒu(ə)l/, /ˈʃɛd͡ʒu(ə)l/
• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɖjuːl/, /ˈʃeɖjuːɭ/, /ˈʃɛd(j)uːl/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛd͡ʒuəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃedʒuːl/, /ˈskedʒuːl/, /ˈskedjuːl/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛdjuːl/, /ˈsɛd͡ʒuːl/
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Noun

schedule (plural schedules)

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. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: timeline, timetable

2. A serial record of items, systematically arranged.

   Synonyms: catalog, list, listing, register, registry, table

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. [from 15th c.]
   2. (US, law, often capitalized) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification. [from 20th c.]
   4. (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.
4. (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources. [from 20th c.]
5. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note. [14th–17th c.]

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Bengali: শিডিউল (śiḍiul)
• → Cebuano: eskedyul
• → Indonesian: skedul
• → Japanese: スケジュール
• → Korean: 스케줄 (seukejul)
• → Tagalog: iskedyul

Translations

Verb

schedule (third-person singular simple present schedules, present participle scheduling, simple past and past participle scheduled)

1. To create a time-schedule.
2. To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.

3. To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

   Synonyms: sign up, register, reserve, enroll, book

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

   Synonym: (UK) section

5. (US) To classify as a controlled substance.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “schedule” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Further reading

• schedule (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Schedule in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Middle English

Noun

schedule

1. Alternative form of cedule