schedule

schedule
sched|ule1 W3S3 [ˈʃedju:l, ˈske- US ˈskedʒul, -dʒəl] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: cedule 'piece of paper, note', from Late Latin schedula, from Latin scheda 'sheet of papyrus']
1.) a plan of what someone is going to do and when they are going to do it
on schedule
(=at the planned time)
▪ The majority of holiday flights depart and arrive on schedule.
ahead of/behind schedule
(=before or after the planned time)
▪ Meg's new book is still well ahead of schedule.
▪ How can he fit everything into his busy schedule ?
▪ I'm going to be working to a very tight schedule (=including a lot of things that must be done in a short time) .
2.) AmE a list that shows the times that buses, trains etc leave or arrive at a particular place
British Equivalent: timetable
3.) a formal list of something, for example prices
▪ a schedule of postal charges
schedule 2
schedule2 v [T usually passive]
to plan that something will happen at a particular time
be scheduled for June/Monday etc
▪ The elections are scheduled for mid-June.
be scheduled for release/publication/completion etc
▪ Her first album is scheduled for release in September.
be scheduled to do sth
▪ Meetings are scheduled to take place all over the country.
scheduled flight/service
(=a plane service that flies at the same time every day or every week)
▪ Prices include scheduled flights from Heathrow.
▪ We will not cancel your holiday less than 8 weeks before the scheduled departure date .

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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