Definition of "schedule" in English

noun

1. A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.

   • To complete on time, we must follow the schedule.

2. A serial record of items, systematically arranged.

3. (law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.

   • schedule of tribes

4. (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.

5. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.

verb

1. To create a time-schedule.

2. (transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.

   • The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.

3. (transitive) To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.

   • I am scheduled for classes next month.
   • I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then.

4. (transitive, Australia, medicine) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.

   • whether or not to schedule a patient

5. (transitive, US) To classify as a controlled substance.