A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days.
There was a calendar on the wall above, with large squares around the dates.
2. countable noun
A calendar is a particular system for dividing time into periods such as years, months, and weeks, often starting from a particular point in history.
The Christian calendar was originally based on the Julian calendar of the Romans.
3. countable noun [usually singular, usually with poss]
You can use calendar to refer to a series or list of events and activities which take place on particular dates, and which are important for a particular organization, community, or person.
It is one of the British sporting calendar's most prestigious events.
Franklin joined her and the children whenever his crowded calendar allowed.
They tried to make a calendar of Spain's festivals.
calendar in British English
(ˈkælɪndə)
noun
1.
a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions
See also Gregorian calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Revolutionary calendar, Roman calendar
2.
a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
3.
a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
verb
4. (transitive)
to enter in a calendar; schedule; register
Derived forms
calendrical (kæˈlɛndrɪkəl) or calendric (caˈlendric)
adjective
Word origin
C13: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends, when interest on debts became due
calendar in American English
(ˈkæləndər)
noun
1.
a system of determining the beginning, length, and divisions of a year and for arranging the year into days, weeks, and months
2.
a table, chart, register, etc. that shows such an arrangement, usually for a single year
3.
a list or schedule, as of pending court cases, bills coming before a legislature, planned social events, etc.
adjective
4.
such as that appearing on certain popular, conventional calendars
calendar art, a calendar girl
verb transitive
5.
to enter in a calendar; specif., to schedule
Derived forms
calendrical (kəˈlɛndrɪkəl)
adjective or caˈlenˌdric (kəˈlɛnˌdrɪk)
Word origin
ME calender < L kalendarium, account book < kalendae, calends
Examples of 'calendar' in a sentence
calendar
IT'S that time of year when your social calendar is bulging.
The Sun (2016)
My favourite charity calendar for 2017 features a dozen dogs from businesses in Falmouth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The couple became leading lights in the social calendar, regularly hosting formal parties at their million-pound property.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That's the difference between this calendar and ones from days gone by, which are normally very much aimed at male gratification.
The Sun (2016)
The problem for the organisers is that sports already have their own crowded calendars and continental championships.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The sporting calendar is not just about sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The most unpredictable moment of the football calendar is almost upon us.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was a crazy idea and pure common sense to restore the calendar year system.
The Sun (2016)
We have sold close to one million calendars.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The annual agricultural show was still the highlight of the social calendar.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
We have to look on the international calendar.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Why did they need a command about calendars and holy days?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Do we need any of that in a busy world with crowded court calendars?
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
The term refers to when two full moons occur in one calendar month.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Three weeks off is a long time these days in the international calendar.
The Sun (2006)
Look anywhere along the sporting calendar and you find an activity that is pleasing to do for its own sake.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
No need to shell out for a pricey 2013 wall calendar.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Oh to be so powerful that you can transform world football 's calendar so blithely.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I am clearing my social calendar until after the referendum.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The cost of the calendar?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
These included its camera and microphone, location chips, contact lists and calendars.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is cosy, with all mod cons, and on the wall is a calendar depicting a mosque.
The Sun (2011)
Council, has always insisted that he has been speaking for all strands of membership about matters such as prize money, ranking systems and calendar issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
calendar
British English: calendar /ˈkælɪndə/ NOUN
A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year.
There was a calendar on the wall.
American English: calendar
Arabic: تَقْوِيـم
Brazilian Portuguese: calendário
Chinese: 日历
Croatian: kalendar
Czech: kalendář
Danish: kalender
Dutch: kalender
European Spanish: calendario año
Finnish: kalenteri
French: calendrier
German: Kalender
Greek: ημερολόγιο
Italian: calendario
Japanese: カレンダー
Korean: 달력
Norwegian: kalender
Polish: kalendarz
European Portuguese: calendário
Romanian: calendar
Russian: календарь
Latin American Spanish: calendario almanaque
Swedish: kalender
Thai: ปฏิทิน
Turkish: takvim
Ukrainian: календар
Vietnamese: lịch
All related terms of 'calendar'
calendar art
a type of sentimental , picturesque , or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars
calendar day
the period of time, the calendar day , of 24 hours ' duration reckoned from one midnight to the next
calendar year
A calendar year is a period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31. Calendar year is often used in business to compare with the → financial year .
Advent calendar
a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent , revealing pictures beneath them
block calendar
a calendar in the form of a block of sheets each printed with the date of one day
calendar month
A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year .
church calendar
See ecclesiastical calendar (sense 2 )
Hebrew calendar
→ Jewish calendar
Jewish calendar
the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews , in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc : regarded as the year of the Creation . The months , Nisan , Iyar , Sivan , Tammuz , Av , Elul , Tishri , Cheshvan , Kislev , Tevet , Shevat , and Adar , have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem , but when this became impossible , a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition , to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons , there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
Julian calendar
the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 bc , identical to the present calendar in all but two aspects : the beginning of the year was not fixed on Jan 1 and leap years occurred every fourth year and in every centenary year
Muslim calendar
the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months : Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan , Shawwal, Dhu 'l-Qa"da, and Dhu 'l-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu 'l-hijjah contains one extra day
Roman calendar
the lunar calendar of ancient Rome , replaced in 45 bc by the Julian calendar. It originally consisted of 10 months , with a special month intercalated between Feb 23 and 24
solar calendar
a calendar whose dates are based on the position of the earth and its proximity to the sun
Chinese calendar
the former calendar of China , in which the year consisted of 12 lunar months with an intercalary month added seven times every 19 years to reconcile the lunar year of 354 days with the solar year of 365 days, time being reckoned in 60-year cycles with the first cycle dating from 2637 b .c.
Gregorian calendar
the revision of the Julian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII and still in force, whereby the ordinary year is made to consist of 365 days and a leap year occurs in every year whose number is divisible by four , except those centenary years, such as 1900, whose numbers are not divisible by 400
perpetual calendar
a calendar mathematically arranged so that the correct day of the week can be determined for any given date over a wide range of years
new-style calendar
→ the new-style calendar
Revolutionary calendar
the calendar adopted by the French First Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805. Dates were calculated from Sept 22, 1792. The months were called Vend émiaire, Brumaire , Frimaire , Nivôse, Pluviôse, Vent ôse, Germinal , Floréal, Prairial , Messidor , Thermidor , and Fructidor
ecclesiastical calendar
a calendar based on the lunisolar cycle , used by many Christian churches in determining the dates for the movable feasts
civil day
the period of time, the calendar day , of 24 hours ' duration reckoned from one midnight to the next
French Revolutionary calendar
the official calendar (1793-1805) of the first French republic
the new-style calendar
the revision of the Julian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII and still in force, whereby the ordinary year is made to consist of 365 days and a leap year occurs in every year whose number is divisible by four, except those centenary years, such as 1900, whose numbers are not divisible by 400
month
A month is one of the twelve periods of time that a year is divided into, for example January or February .