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calendar

American  
[kal-uhn-der] / ˈkæl ən dər /

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.

  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 British  
/ 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

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verb

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

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Other Word Forms

  • calendarial adjective
  • calendarian adjective
  • calendaric adjective
  • calendric adjective
  • calendrical adjective
  • uncalendared adjective

Etymology

Origin of calendar

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

Example Sentences

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When he set off for his first climb on 5 April, Daniel, from Merthyr Tydfil, was aiming to beat the previous record of 365 climbs in one calendar year, set by Des Lally in 2019.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

So it may be a quiet early start to spring for IPOs, with just two small deals on the calendar for the week of April 6.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“Insurers have pushed certain cancer-care centers out of network before the end of the calendar or policy year.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

If you do, though, it shouldn’t be because of the calendar.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Then I think about my tiny calendar in the back of the book Mom gave me.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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