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calendar Definition

cal·en·dar (kal′ən dər)

noun

  1. a system of determining the beginning, length, and divisions of a year and for arranging the year into days, weeks, and months
  2. a table, chart, register, etc. that shows such an arrangement, usually for a single year
  3. a list or schedule, as of pending court cases, bills coming before a legislature, planned social events, etc.

Etymology: ME calender < L kalendarium, account book < kalendae, calends

adjective

such as that appearing on certain popular, conventional calendars calendar art, a calendar girl

transitive verb

to enter in a calendar; specif., to schedule

Related Forms:

  • calendrical ca·len·dri·cal (kə len′dri kəl) adjective or calendric ca·len′·dric′ (-drik′)
calendar Synonyms

calendar

n.

timetable, schedule, datebook, appointment book, diary, Filofax (trademark), chronology, log, logbook, table, register, almanac, agenda, docket, program, annals, menology, journal, daybook, time, timeline, perpetual calendar, system of reckoning; Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Muslim calendar, Jewish calendar, Hebrew calendar, ecclesiastical calendar, church calendar, ordo, Chinese calendar, Hindu calendar, French Revolutionary calendar; see also list, program 2, record 1.

calendar Law Definition

n

A list of the civil and criminal cases scheduled on a particular day, week, or other time period for trial or some other hearing (such as an arraignment, sentencing, or the hearing of arguments concerning pretrial motions) to be conducted before a judge.
calendar Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • event: The Web Site provides a calendar of events with an activity area for young people.

Converse of object

  • personalize: The worst thing about personalized football calendar is that it isnít amazingly tiring toward the end of its life.

Adjective modifier

  • Gregorian: Spain was using the Gregorian calendar, which means all dates were 10 days later.
  • Mayan: The sacred 260 day calendar of early Mesoamerican civilisations Bob Johnson seeks an explanation for the Mayan calendar.
  • lunar: The 29th January 2006 is Chinese New Year, The Chinese use the lunar calendar for Chinese festivals.
  • advent: Originally, the images in Advent calendars were derived from the Hebrew Bible.
  • liturgical: St Brigit's name appears under 1 February in the two tenth-century liturgical calendars with Glastonbury associations.
  • perpetual: These were a perpetual calendar and chronograph with split seconds.

Modifies a noun

  • month: Bookings made within 2 calendar months of the holiday start date must be paid in full.
  • year: In the case of a calendar year LLC, the fee must be paid no later than April 15.
  • pen: To the chase who use their causes of the their calendars pens.
  • quarter: Quarterly Accounting The arrangement whereby withholding tax on coupons is paid shortly after the end of the calendar quarter.
  • days.: Holidays The minimum annual leave in Lithuania is 28 calendar days. Annual leave is not reduced for part-time workers.
  • wristwatch: Ref VIN 405 Price is £ 395 or US $ 745 Sultana Triple Date Calendar Wristwatch Excellent condition Sultana triple date calendar wristwatch.

Noun used with modifier

  • advent: Can't believe we're over a week into the advent calendar.
  • sporting: It was Saturday, April 27, 1946, a golden day in the nation's sporting calendar.
  • gardening: Gardening calendar 2nd week in March 2006 View our new weekly gardening calendar in weblog format.
  • event: An events calendar is provided on a termly basis.
  • tour: Half Day Voucher £ 19.50 Day Trip Voucher £ 40 Weekend Voucher £ 220 Our tour calendar is now even simpler than ever.
  • pagan: Nor do these three dates follow any pattern from the pagan calendar, missing entirely the solstice on 21st.
calendar Quotes

What ishistory, in fact, but a kind of Newgate calendar, a register of the crimes and miseries that man has inflicted on his fellow-man?

—Irving,Washington