Calendar

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈkæl.É™n.dÉ™/
• US enPR: kălʹəndÉ™r, IPA: /ˈkæl.É™n.dÉš/ ˈkʰæl.(É™)n.dÉš
• Rhymes: -É™ndÉ™(r)
• Homophones: calender

Origin

From Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium ("account book"), from calendae ("the first day of the month"), from calare ("to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)"), from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Full definition of calendar

Noun

1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
   We currently use the Gregorian calendar.
2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
   Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.
3. A list of planned events.
   The club has a busy calendar this year.
4. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
• Francis BaconShepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 20, The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen....The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
5. a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly;  a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court

Usage notes

Do not confuse calendar with calender.

Synonyms

• (list of planned events) agenda, schedule, docket

Derived terms

Verb

1. (legal) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.
2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Anagrams

• landrace