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Definition of timetable noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

timetable

noun
 
/ˈtaɪmteɪbl/
 
/ˈtaɪmteɪbl/
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  1. (especially British English)
    (North American English usually schedule)
    a chart showing the times at which trains, buses and planes leave and arrive
    • a bus/train timetable
    • It said in the timetable that a train was due at 11.30.
    Topics Transport by bus and traina2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • busy
    • full
    • college
    verb + timetable
    • consult
    • look at
    preposition
    • according to the timetable
    • in a/​the timetable
    See full entry
  2. (British English)
    (North American English schedule)
    a chart or plan of the classes that a student or teacher has in school each week
    • We have a new timetable each term.
    • a full timetable of teaching
    • Sport is no longer so important in the school timetable (= all the subjects that are taught at schools).
    Topics Educationa2
  3. a plan of when you expect or hope particular events to happen synonym schedule
    • I have a busy timetable this week (= I have planned to do many things).
    • The government has set out its timetable for the peace talks.
    Extra Examples
    • Implementation of the reforms was kept to a very strict timetable.
    • The administration refused to set out a specific timetable for troop withdrawal.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • detailed
    • precise
    • specific
    verb + timetable
    • have
    • agree on
    • draw up
    preposition
    • timetable for
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See timetable in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee timetable in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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