schedule

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English

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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

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.
    Synonyms: timeline, timetable
    To complete on time, we must follow the schedule.
  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.
    schedule of tribes
    2. (US, law, often capitalized) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
      Heroin is a Schedule I drug with a high potential for abuse.
      • 2022 October 13, Shawn Radcliffe, “What Happens if Marijuana is No Longer Classified as Schedule 1 Drug?”, in healthline‎:
        Currently, cannabis/marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning it defined as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” This is the same designation given to LSD, heroin and ecstasy.
    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.
  5. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
    • 1900, John the Stylite, translated by Agnes Smith Lewis, Select Narratives of Holy Women (Studia Sinaitica; X), Logos edition, London, Cambridge University Press Warehouse: C. J. Clay and Sons, page xxix:
      He demands the blood-written schedule back from the demon, who refuses to give it up

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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.
    I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then.
    The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.
  3. To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
    Synonyms: sign up, register, reserve, enroll, book
    I am scheduled for classes next month.
  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
    whether or not to schedule a patient
  5. (US) To classify as a controlled substance.
    • 2023 April 20, Jan Hoffman, “The Fight Over a Drug That Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      Many harm reduction groups and drug policy experts question the long-term efficacy of scheduling xylazine.

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References

  • “schedule” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
  1. ^ “Definition of schedule in English”, in Oxford Online Dictionaries‎, 2014 April 15 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 January 2015
  2. ^ “Definition of schedule in English”, in Merriam-Webster, 2015 January 31 (last accessed)
  3. ^ “Schedule”, in Australian Oxford Dictionary (2 Ed.), 2024 October 9 (last accessed)
  4. ^ Grandgent, C. H. (1899) “From Franklin to Lowell”, in James W. Bright, editor, Proceedings of the Modern Language Association‎, volume 14, number 2, Modern Language Association of America, →DOI, page 238

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

schedule

  1. Alternative form of cedule
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