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Calendar

//ˈkæl.ən.də// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

    "The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars."

  2. 2
    a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

    "Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall."

  4. 4
    a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) wordnet
  5. 5
    A list of planned events.

    "The club has a busy calendar this year."

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  1. 6
    a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year wordnet
  2. 7
    An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

    "a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court"

  3. 8
    An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK) US
Verb
  1. 1
    To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call. transitive

    "The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date."

  2. 2
    enter into a calendar wordnet
  3. 3
    To enter or write in a calendar; to register. transitive

    "Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium.

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