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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•en•dar /ˈkæləndɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Timea chart or list displaying the days of each month and week in a year.
- Timeany of various systems of reckoning time, esp. with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year:the Gregorian calendar.
- Governmenta list or register, esp. one arranged by hours, days, or weeks, as of appointments, etc.:The court calendar was fully booked.
adj. [before a noun] - divided into days or months:A calendar year is usually 365 days.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•en•dar (kal′ən dər),USA pronunciation n. - Timea table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:He marked the date on his calendar.
- Timeany of various systems of reckoning time, esp. with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year. Cf. Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Muslim calendar.
- Governmenta list or register, esp. one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.
- Governmenta list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
- [Obs.]a guide or example.
v.t. - to enter in a calendar; register.
Also, kalendar. - Latin calendārium account book, equivalent. to Calend(ae) calends (when debts were due) + -ārium -ary; see -ar2
- Anglo-French
- Middle English calender 1175–1225
ca•len•dri•cal (kə len′dri kəl),USA pronunciation ca•len′dric, cal•en•dar•i•al (kal′ən dâr′ē əl),USA pronunciation cal′en•dar′i•an, cal′en•dar′ic, adj. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged diary, schedule, program.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: calendar /ˈkælɪndə/ n - a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions
- a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
- a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
vb - (transitive) to enter in a calendar; schedule; register
Etymology: 13th Century: via Norman French from Medieval Latin kalendārium account book, from Kalendae the calends, when interest on debts became duecalendrical /kæˈlɛndrɪkəl/, caˈlendric adj |