calendar

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/ˈkæl.ən.də/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A chart showing days, weeks, and months of a year.

  2. 02

    noun

    A schedule of planned events or activities.

Examples

  • Luke circled a date on the kitchen calendar.

  • The calendar has many pretty pictures.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A list of planned events.

  2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

  3. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

More examples

In context

  • Where shall I hang this calendar?

  • The club has a busy calendar this year.

  • The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium. Displaced native Old English rīmbōc and ġerīmbōc.