calendar
Americannoun
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a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year.
He marked the date on his calendar.
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any of various systems of reckoning time, especially with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year.
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a list or register, especially one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.
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a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
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Obsolete. a guide or example.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a system for determining the beginning, length, and order of years and their divisions See also Gregorian calendar Jewish calendar Julian calendar Revolutionary calendar Roman calendar
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a table showing any such arrangement, esp as applied to one or more successive years
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a list, register, or schedule of social events, pending court cases, appointments, etc
verb
Other Word Forms
- calendarial adjective
- calendarian adjective
- calendaric adjective
- calendric adjective
- calendrical adjective
- uncalendared adjective
Etymology
Origin of calendar
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English calender, from Anglo-French, from Latin calendārium “account book,” equivalent to Calend(ae) calends (when debts were due) + -ārium -ary
Example Sentences
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In 2022 he debuted a project: He vowed to read 100 titles in the calendar year, boosted by his virtual community.
In the astronomical calendar, spring is marked by the equinox which falls on 20 March this year.
From BBC
Full Moons have names that date back to ancient traditions before modern calendars were used.
From BBC
Fans are now looking ahead to the 2026 F1 race calendar which kicks off in Melbourne, Australia on 6 March - and many will be hoping for a repeat of drama like in 2021.
From BBC
The equal-weight index, by contrast, includes all the same companies—but with approximately 1/500th, or about 0.2%, in each at the beginning of every calendar quarter.
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