calendar

noun

/ˈkælɪndə(r)/

/ˈkælɪndər/

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a page or series of pages showing the days, weeks and months of a particular year, especially one that you hang on a wall
- a calendar for 2020/a 2020 calendar
see also Advent calendar
Culture the calendarthe calendarBritain and the US follow the Gregorian calendar, which replaced the Roman Julian calendar in 1752. The year is divided into 12 months, with 30 or 31 days in each month, except February, which has 28 days. An extra day is added to February every fourth year, called a leap year, to keep the calendar in time with the moon. A well-known verse helps people remember how many days there are in each month:“Thirty days hath September,April, June and November.All the rest have thirty-one,Excepting February alone,Which hath twenty-eight days clear,and twenty-nine in each leap year.”The calendar year starts on 1 January, New Year’s Day. The number of each year (2003, 2004, etc.) represents the number of years that have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. The year 2000 marked the end of the second millennium (= a period of 1 000 years) since Christ was born. The years before Christ are described as BC (= before Christ), for example, 55 BC, or BCE (= before the Common Era). AD (Latin Anno Domini, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’) or CE (= Common Era) are put before or after the date for the years after Christ's birth, for example, AD 44 or 44 AD, but they are not used with years after about 200 AD. Some cultural and religious groups use different calendars: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar began during the year 5760 in the Jewish calendar, 1420 in the Islamic calendar and 1921 in the Hindu calendar.The academic year used by schools and colleges in Britain runs from September to July, with short holidays at Christmas and in the spring and a long summer vacation. In the US the academic year runs from August or September to May or June. Many business companies have a financial year (= a period of accounting) that runs from April to the following March. The tax year in the US is the same as the calendar year but the tax year in Britain begins on 5 April. The reason is that in the Middle Ages the calendar year began on 25 March, not 1 January. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, an adjustment was needed and 11 days were removed from September 1752. To avoid being accused of collecting a full year's taxes in a short year, the government made the end of the 1752-3 tax year 4 April.Many festivals are celebrated during the year. Christmas and Easter are the main Christian festivals. Jews remember Passover and Yom Kippur. Ramadan, a month of fasting (= not eating during the day), and Eid ul-Fitr are celebrated by Muslims. Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, takes place in October or November, and the Chinese celebrate their new year in January or February. Special occasions such as Bonfire Night in Britain and Thanksgiving in the US are enjoyed by almost everyone.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- busy
- full
- sporting
- …
verb + calendar
- check
- consult
preposition
- in a/the calendar
- on a/the calendar
phrases
- mark something on the calendar
- put something on the calendar
See full entry
(especially North American English) a record of what you have to do each day; the book or piece of software in which you record this
- I think I'm free on that day—let me check my calendar.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- busy
- full
- sporting
- …
verb + calendar
- check
- consult
preposition
- in a/the calendar
- on a/the calendar
phrases
- mark something on the calendar
- put something on the calendar
See full entry
[usually singular] a list of important events or dates of a particular type during the year
- This is one of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar.
- The group has a busy social calendar.
- a major festival in the church’s calendar
- These days the tennis calendar has become so crowded.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- busy
- full
- sporting
- …
verb + calendar
- check
- consult
preposition
- in a/the calendar
- on a/the calendar
phrases
- mark something on the calendar
- put something on the calendar
See full entry
a system by which time is divided into fixed periods, showing the beginning and end of a year
- the Islamic calendar
see also Gregorian calendar, Julian calendarTopics Timeb2

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French calendier, from Latin kalendarium ‘account book’, from kalendae,calendae ‘first day of the month’ (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein ‘call, proclaim’.

单词	calendar
释义	calendar noun /ˈkælɪndə(r)/ /ˈkælɪndər/ jump to other results enlarge image a page or series of pages showing the days, weeks and months of a particular year, especially one that you hang on a wall a calendar for 2020/a 2020 calendar see also Advent calendar Culture the calendarthe calendarBritain and the US follow the Gregorian calendar, which replaced the Roman Julian calendar in 1752. The year is divided into 12 months, with 30 or 31 days in each month, except February, which has 28 days. An extra day is added to February every fourth year, called a leap year, to keep the calendar in time with the moon. A well-known verse helps people remember how many days there are in each month:“Thirty days hath September,April, June and November.All the rest have thirty-one,Excepting February alone,Which hath twenty-eight days clear,and twenty-nine in each leap year.”The calendar year starts on 1 January, New Year’s Day. The number of each year (2003, 2004, etc.) represents the number of years that have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. The year 2000 marked the end of the second millennium (= a period of 1 000 years) since Christ was born. The years before Christ are described as BC (= before Christ), for example, 55 BC, or BCE (= before the Common Era). AD (Latin Anno Domini, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’) or CE (= Common Era) are put before or after the date for the years after Christ's birth, for example, AD 44 or 44 AD, but they are not used with years after about 200 AD. Some cultural and religious groups use different calendars: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar began during the year 5760 in the Jewish calendar, 1420 in the Islamic calendar and 1921 in the Hindu calendar.The academic year used by schools and colleges in Britain runs from September to July, with short holidays at Christmas and in the spring and a long summer vacation. In the US the academic year runs from August or September to May or June. Many business companies have a financial year (= a period of accounting) that runs from April to the following March. The tax year in the US is the same as the calendar year but the tax year in Britain begins on 5 April. The reason is that in the Middle Ages the calendar year began on 25 March, not 1 January. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, an adjustment was needed and 11 days were removed from September 1752. To avoid being accused of collecting a full year's taxes in a short year, the government made the end of the 1752-3 tax year 4 April.Many festivals are celebrated during the year. Christmas and Easter are the main Christian festivals. Jews remember Passover and Yom Kippur. Ramadan, a month of fasting (= not eating during the day), and Eid ul-Fitr are celebrated by Muslims. Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, takes place in October or November, and the Chinese celebrate their new year in January or February. Special occasions such as Bonfire Night in Britain and Thanksgiving in the US are enjoyed by almost everyone. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective busy full sporting … verb + calendar check consult preposition in a/the calendar on a/the calendar phrases mark something on the calendar put something on the calendar See full entry (especially North American English) a record of what you have to do each day; the book or piece of software in which you record this I think I'm free on that day—let me check my calendar. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective busy full sporting … verb + calendar check consult preposition in a/the calendar on a/the calendar phrases mark something on the calendar put something on the calendar See full entry [usually singular] a list of important events or dates of a particular type during the year This is one of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar. The group has a busy social calendar. a major festival in the church’s calendar These days the tennis calendar has become so crowded. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective busy full sporting … verb + calendar check consult preposition in a/the calendar on a/the calendar phrases mark something on the calendar put something on the calendar See full entry a system by which time is divided into fixed periods, showing the beginning and end of a year the Islamic calendar see also Gregorian calendar, Julian calendarTopics Timeb2 Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French calendier, from Latin kalendarium ‘account book’, from kalendae,calendae ‘first day of the month’ (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein ‘call, proclaim’.
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