to arrange that an event or activity will happen at a particular time
برنامه ریزی کردن
The meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. schedule2 S3 AC BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]
[Word Family: verb: ↑schedule, ↑reschedule; adjective: scheduled, rescheduled; noun: ↑schedule]
to plan that something will happen at a particular time
be scheduled for June/Monday etc
The elections are scheduled for mid-June.
be scheduled for release/publication/completion etc
Her first album is scheduled for release in September.
be scheduled to do something
Meetings are scheduled to take place all over the country.
scheduled flight/service (=a plane service that flies at the same time every day or every week)
Prices include scheduled flights from Heathrow.
We will not cancel your holiday less than eight weeks before the scheduled departure date.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
verb
1. usually passive to arrange for sth to happen at a particular time
• ~ sth (for sth) The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
• One of the scheduled events is a talk on alternative medicine.
• We'll be stopping here for longer than scheduled.
• ~ sb/sth to do sth I'm scheduled to arrive in LA at 5 o'clock.
2. ~ sth (as sth) (formal) to include sth in an official list of things
• The substance has been scheduled as a poison.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘scroll, explanatory note, appendix’): from Old French cedule, from late Latin schedula ‘slip of paper’, diminutive of scheda, from Greek skhedē ‘papyrus leaf’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
Thesaurus:
schedule verb T, usually passive
• The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
set • • fix • • time • • book • • set sth up • • line sb/sth up • |especially BrE timetable •
schedule/set/fix/time/book/set up/line up/timetable sth for sth
schedule/set/fix/time/book/set up/line up/timetable sb/sth to do sth
schedule/set/fix/time/set up/timetable a meeting
schedule/set/fix/book a time/date/day
Example Bank:
• The Grand Prix is scheduled to take place on July 4.
• The film is scheduled for release next month.
• The meeting was originally scheduled for March 12.
• Filming is scheduled to begin in May.
• I'll try to schedule you in next week.
• It was originally scheduled for July 16.
• No regular classes were scheduled on Wednesdays.
• We'll be stopping here for longer than scheduled.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
schedule / ˈʃed.juːl / / ˈsked- / verb [ T often passive ]
B2 to arrange that an event or activity will happen at a particular time:
The meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
[ + to infinitive ] The train is scheduled to arrive at 8.45, but it's running 20 minutes late.
scheduled / -juːld / adjective
B2
This program will be broadcast half an hour later than the scheduled time.
Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
schedule
[ʃe̱djuːl, AM ske̱ʤuːl]
♦♦
schedules, scheduling, scheduled
1) N-COUNT A schedule is a plan that gives a list of events or tasks and the times at which each one should happen or be done.
He has been forced to adjust his schedule...
We both have such hectic schedules.
Syn:
timetable
2) N-UNCOUNT: prep N You can use schedule to refer to the time or way something is planned to be done. For example, if something is completed on schedule, it is completed at the time planned.
The jet arrived in Johannesburg two minutes ahead of schedule...
Everything went according to schedule...
It will be completed several weeks behind schedule.
3) VERB: usu passive If something is scheduled to happen at a particular time, arrangements are made for it to happen at that time.
[be V-ed to-inf] The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38...
[be V-ed for n] A presidential election was scheduled for last December...
[V-ed] No new talks are scheduled.
4) N-COUNT A schedule is a written list of things, for example a list of prices, details, or conditions.
Syn:
list
5) N-COUNT A schedule is a list of all the times when trains, boats, buses, or aircraft are supposed to arrive at or leave a particular place. [mainly AM]
...a bus schedule.
Syn:
timetable(in BRIT, usually use timetable)
6) N-COUNT In a school or college, a schedule is a diagram that shows the times in the week at which particular subjects are taught. [AM]
Syn:
timetable(in BRIT, usually use timetable)
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
schedule
2schedule verb -ules; -uled; -ul·ing [+ obj] : to plan (something) at a certain time
• We scheduled a meeting for next week.
• I need to schedule a doctor's appointment.
- often used as (be) scheduled
• The release of the movie/album is scheduled for next month.
• The bus arrived earlier than (it was) scheduled.
• I am scheduled to arrive at noon.
• The test is scheduled to begin in one hour.
• The train will be leaving as scheduled. [=on time; will be leaving at the planned time]
- scheduled adj
• a list of the scheduled events
• The plane's scheduled arrival/departure is midnight.