Calendar Meaning
/ˈkæl.ən.də/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
nounA means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
Sentence Examples
Where shall I hang this calendar?
The calendar has many pretty pictures.
Luke circled a date on the kitchen calendar.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She marked the meeting date on her wall ____ so she wouldn't forget.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I marked the date of the meeting on the ____ in the kitchen today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of Tempeſts in State; which are commonly greateſt, when Things grow to Equality; As naturall Tempeſts are greateſt about the Æquinoctia."
— 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles. XV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 76:
"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."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
"Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes."
— [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She marked the meeting date on her wall ____ so she wouldn't forget.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I marked the date of the meeting on the ____ in the kitchen today.