schedule
verb/ˈʃedjuːl/
/ˈskedʒuːl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they schedule | /ˈʃedjuːl/ /ˈskedʒuːl/ |
| he / she / it schedules | /ˈʃedjuːlz/ /ˈskedʒuːlz/ |
| past simple scheduled | /ˈʃedjuːld/ /ˈskedʒuːld/ |
| past participle scheduled | /ˈʃedjuːld/ /ˈskedʒuːld/ |
| -ing form scheduling | /ˈʃedjuːlɪŋ/ /ˈskedʒuːlɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to arrange for something to happen at a particular time
- schedule something for something The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
- Local elections were tentatively scheduled for November.
- schedule something We scheduled regular status meetings.
- One of the scheduled events is a talk on alternative medicine.
- He finally arrived, an hour later than scheduled.
- We'll be stopping here for longer than scheduled.
- schedule somebody/something to do something I'm scheduled to arrive in LA at 5 o'clock.
- The talks were originally scheduled to begin in May.
- The store is scheduled to open on Friday.
- She is not scheduled to meet with any government officials during her trip.
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2, Businessb2- The Grand Prix is scheduled to take place on July 4.
- The film is scheduled for release next month.
- I'll try to schedule you in next week.
- No regular classes were scheduled on Wednesdays.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- currently
- initially
- originally
- …
- for
- be scheduled to begin, open, take place, etc.
- be scheduled to appear, compete, speak, etc.
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- schedule something (as something) (formal) to include something in an official list of things
- The substance has been scheduled as a poison.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘scroll, explanatory note, appendix’): from Old French cedule, from late Latin schedula ‘slip of paper’, diminutive of scheda, from Greek skhedē ‘papyrus leaf’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
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