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- [skej-ool, -oo l, -oo-uh l; British shed-yool, shej-ool]
- /ˈskɛdʒ ul, -ʊl, -u əl; British ˈʃɛd yul, ˈʃɛdʒ ul/
- /ˈʃedjuːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skej-ool, -oo l, -oo-uh l; British shed-yool, shej-ool]
- /ˈskɛdʒ ul, -ʊl, -u əl; British ˈʃɛd yul, ˈʃɛdʒ ul/
Definitions of schedule word
- noun schedule a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage. 1
- noun schedule a series of things to be done or of events to occur at or during a particular time or period: He always has a full schedule. 1
- noun schedule a timetable. 1
- noun schedule a written or printed statement of details, often in classified or tabular form, especially one forming an appendix or explanatory addition to another document. 1
- noun schedule Obsolete. a written paper. 1
- verb with object schedule to make a schedule of or enter in a schedule. 1
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Origin of schedule
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; < Late Latin schedula, equivalent to Latin sched(a) leaf of paper + -ula -ule; replacing Middle English cedule, sedule < Middle French < Late Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Schedule
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
schedule popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
schedule usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for schedule
noun schedule
- affiche — a poster or advertisement, esp one drawn by an artist, as for the opening of an exhibition
- agenda — You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda.
- apercu — outline
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
verb schedule
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
Antonyms for schedule
verb schedule
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- adios — goodbye; farewell
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
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