calendarnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæl.ən.dər/us/ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/A2 a printed table showing all the days, weeks, and months of the year:
An old calendar for 2012 was still hanging on the wall of her office.
US a book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your future arrangements, meetings, etc.:
He wrote the date of the meeting in his calendar.
the system used to measure and arrange the days, weeks, months, and special events of the year according to a belief system or tradition:
the Christian/Jewish/Chinese calendar
a list of events and dates within a particular year that are important for an organization or for the people involved in a particular activity:
the political/school calendar
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- Let me look at the calendar and see which weekends are free.
- I've marked his birthday on the calendar.
- The calendar is looking quite busy for March.
- I'm counting down the days on the calendar till he's back.
- I need a desk calendar for work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Schedules & agendas
- agenda
- AOB
- business plan
- datebook
- deadline
- fit
- Hejira
- itinerary
- journal
- make
- make time idiom
- order
- order paper
- pack
- spread sth over sth
- squeeze sb/sth in
- stagger
- TBD
- the order of the day idiom
- timetable
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