calendar

[ kal-uhn-der ]

noun

1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:

   He marked the date on his calendar.

2. any of various systems of reckoning time, especially with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year. Compare Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Islamic calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar.
3. a list or register, especially one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.

   Synonyms: program, schedule, diary

4. a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
5. Obsolete. a guide or example.

verb (used with object)

1. to enter in a calendar; register.

calendar

/ kæˈlɛndrɪkəl; ˈkælɪndə /

noun

1. a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions See also Gregorian calendar Jewish calendar Julian calendar Revolutionary calendar Roman calendar
2. a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
3. a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc

verb

1. tr to enter in a calendar; schedule; register

Derived Forms

• calendrical, adjective

Other Words From

• ca·len·dri·cal [k, uh, -, len, -dri-k, uh, l], ca·len·dric cal·en·dar·i·al [kal-, uh, n-, dair, -ee-, uh, l], cal·en·dar·i·an cal·en·dar·ic adjective
• un·cal·en·dared adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of calendar¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English calender, from Anglo-French, from Latin calendārium “account book,” equivalent to Calend(ae) calends (when debts were due) + -ārium -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of calendar¹

C13: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends , when interest on debts became due

Example Sentences

All matters on the court calendar for Wednesday were rescheduled or transferred to other courthouses, and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Thune, an amiable 63-year-old more comfortable talking about the Senate calendar than he is castigating his opposition as demonically possessed, gave his best shot at an opening partisan broadside in a press conference after the Senate GOP conclave.

From Slate

BBC Weather uses the meteorological calendar, where winter always begins on 1 December and ends on the last day of February.

From BBC

By comparison, in the astronomical calendar, winter always starts at the winter solstice - or shortest day.

From BBC

The winter solstice is a key point in the astronomical calendar and marks the change from autumn to winter.

From BBC

Related Words

• agenda
• almanac
• card
• chronology
• diary
• docket
• journal
• lineup
• list
• program
• table
• timetable