calendar

Meanings

Noun

• Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
• A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
• A list of planned events.
• An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
• An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Verb

• To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.
• To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Related

Similar words

• agenda, schedule, docket; calends

Origin

• From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium ("account book"), from kalendae, from calō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.