CALENDAR

calendar

(noun) a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); “I have you on my calendar for next Monday”

calendar

(noun) a tabular array of the days (usually for one year)

calendar

(noun) a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

calendar

(verb) enter into a calendar

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

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.

(US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Usage notes

• Calendar should not be confused with calender.

Synonyms

• (list of planned events): agenda, schedule, docket; calends (uncommon)

Verb

calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)

(legal) 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.

Anagrams

• calander, landcare, landrace

Source: Wiktionary

Cal"en*dar, n. Etym: [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See Calends.]

1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.

2. (Eccl.)

Definition: A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.

3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.

Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state. Bacon. Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and month.

– Calendar month. See under Month.

– French Republican calendar. See under Vendémiaire.

– Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.

Cal"en*dar, v. t. [Imp. & p. p. Calendared; p. pr. & vb. n. Calendaring.]

Definition: To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Waterhouse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition