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calendar

12 definitions • 15 examples
1
a printed table showing all the days, weeks, and months of the year:

Examples:

An old calendar for 2012 was still hanging on the wall of her office.
2
a book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your future arrangements, meetings, etc.:

Examples:

He wrote the date of the meeting in his calendar.
3
the system used to measure and arrange the days, weeks, months, and special events of the year according to a belief system or tradition:

Examples:

the Christian/Jewish/Chinese calendar
4
a list of events and dates within a particular year that are important for an organization or for the people involved in a particular activity:

Examples:

the political/school calendar
5
to plan an event to take place on a particular date:

Examples:

The house calendared an anti-terrorism bill in November.
Plans are made, and don’t work out. Appointments are calendared, then cancelled.
6
a printed table showing the arrangement of the days, weeks, and months of the year
7
A calendar is also a list of meetings or things you have to do at particular times:

Examples:

My calendar is pretty crowded over the next few weeks.
8
A calendar is also a system for deciding the beginning and end of years, their total length, and the parts into which they are divided:

Examples:

The Gregorian calendar is used today in most parts of the world.
9
a table showing all the days, weeks, and months of the year:

Examples:

a desk/wall calendar
The date Dec. 31 is circled in red on the calendar
10
a book, with pages for each day, in which you write down what you have to do:

Examples:

I've noted the date in my calendar.
11
a computer program showing planned activities with their dates and times:

Examples:

I can access the calendars of everybody in the department.
There's nothing in his calendar for today.
To submit events directly to the online calendar, please enter a user name and email address on the form below.
12
a list of events and dates within a year that are important to an organization or to the people involved in a particular activity:

Examples:

the academic/court/election, etc. calendar With just weeks left in the legislative calendar, there has been no vote yet on this most important issue.

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