Schedule Time I Lot Busy Work Noun ˈʃedjuːl

• i have a hectic schedule for the next few days.
• a busy/gruelling/punishing schedule
• we're working to a tight schedule (= we have a lot of things to do in a short time).
• he has taken some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us.

schedule

1. a plan that lists all the work that you have to do and when you must do each thing
• I have a hectic schedule for the next few days.
• a busy/gruelling/punishing schedule
• We're working to a tight schedule (= we have a lot of things to do in a short time).
• He has taken some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us.
• They have a very flexible work schedule.
• I have no time available in my regular schedule.
• Filming began on schedule (= at the planned time).
• The project will be completed on schedule this summer.
• The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
• The tunnel project has already fallen behind schedule.
• At this stage everything is going according to schedule (= as planned).
• We are trying desperately to keep to our schedule.
• The countries have yet to set the schedule for the next round of talks.

Extra Examples

• Allow time in the schedule for sickness.
• I'm trying to fit everything into my busy schedule.
• She has a very demanding schedule.
• We had to work a lot of overtime to meet the strict production schedule.
• We're five days off schedule.
2. a chart showing the times at which trains, buses and planes leave and arrive
• Connor checked the bus schedules for the day.
• disruptions to flight schedules caused by the strike
3. a chart or plan of the classes that a student or teacher has in school each week
• Besides a full school schedule, Kayla's week is jam-packed with other activities.
• What's your schedule like next semester?
4. a list of the television and radio programmes that are on a particular channel and the times that they start
• The channel's schedules are filled with old films and repeats.
• Channel 4 has published its spring schedules.
• The show trebled ratings for the channel's afternoon schedule.
5. a written list of things, for example prices, rates or conditions
• tax schedules

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘scroll, explanatory note, appendix’): from Old French cedule, from late Latin schedula ‘slip of paper’, diminutive of scheda, from Greek skhedē ‘papyrus leaf’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.