SCHEDULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schedule mean? 

• SCHEDULE (noun)
  The noun SCHEDULE has 2 senses:

1. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

2. an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur

  Familiarity information: SCHEDULE used as a noun is rare.

• SCHEDULE (verb)
  The verb SCHEDULE has 2 senses:

1. plan for an activity or event

2. make a schedule; plan the time and place for events

  Familiarity information: SCHEDULE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHEDULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

agenda; docket; schedule

Hypernyms ("schedule" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schedule"):

fare; menu (an agenda of things to do)

Derivation:

schedule (plan for an activity or event)

schedule (make a schedule; plan the time and place for events)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("schedule" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schedule"):

network programming (the schedule of programs to be broadcast on a network)

timetable (a schedule of times of arrivals and departures)

timetable (a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place)

Derivation:

schedule (make a schedule; plan the time and place for events)

• SCHEDULE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they schedule    ... he / she / it schedules   
Past simple: scheduled   
Past participle: scheduled   
-ing form: scheduling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plan for an activity or event

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I've scheduled a concert next week

Hypernyms (to "schedule" is one way to...):

plan (make plans for something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "schedule"):

time (assign a time for an activity or event)

book (engage for a performance)

calendar (enter into a calendar)

slot (assign a time slot)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)

scheduling (setting an order and time for planned events)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a schedule; plan the time and place for events

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I scheduled an exam for this afternoon

Hypernyms (to "schedule" is one way to...):

plan (make plans for something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "schedule"):

program; programme (arrange a program of or for)

reschedule (assign a new time and place for an event)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)

schedule (an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur)

scheduler (computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order)

scheduling (setting an order and time for planned events)

 Context examples 

Text description of the intended schedule for administering a substance.

(Defined Substance Administration Dose Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

The kind of medicine you take depends on your type of diabetes, your schedule, and your other health conditions.

(Diabetes Medicines, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

An indication that a medication schedule was modified by addition; either by changing the frequency, strength or amount.

(Dose Increased, NCI Thesaurus)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how much of your time was spent thinking about opioid medications (having enough, taking them, dosing schedule, etc.)?

(COMM - Time Spent Thinking About Opioids, NCI Thesaurus)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes a schedule for childhood vaccines.

(Childhood Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

As if these communities are all on the same schedule, the changes are synchronized in reefs separated by hundreds of miles.

(Bacteria living near coral reefs change in synchrony across distances, National Science Foundation)

Keeping a regular schedule of eating, activity, and taking any medicines you need can help.

(Blood Sugar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

This regimen differs from a similar regimen, XELOX, with regards to the dosing schedule for oxaliplatin.

(CAPOX regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication that a medication schedule was continued without modification.

(Dose Not Changed, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication that a medication schedule was modified by subtraction, either by changing the frequency, strength or amount.

(Dose Reduced, NCI Thesaurus)