Definition of Calendar

1. Noun. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.

Generic synonyms: Arrangement, Organisation, Organization, System
Terms within: Embolism, Intercalation
Specialized synonyms: Lunar Calendar, Lunisolar Calendar, Solar Calendar
Derivative terms: Calendric

2. Verb. Enter into a calendar.
Generic synonyms: Schedule

3. Noun. A list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc). "I have you on my calendar for next Monday"
Generic synonyms: List, Listing
Specialized synonyms: Docket

4. Noun. A tabular array of the days (usually for one year).
Generic synonyms: Table, Tabular Array
Specialized synonyms: Perpetual Calendar
Derivative terms: Calendric

Definition of Calendar

1. n. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.

2. v. t. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Definition of Calendar

1. Noun. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. ¹

2. Noun. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information. ¹

3. Noun. A list of planned events. ¹

4. Verb. (legal) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call. ¹

5. Verb. To enter or write in a calendar; to register. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calendar

1. to schedule [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: schedule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calendar

calefaction
calefactions
calefactive
calefactories
calefactory
calefie
calefied
calefies
calefy
calefying
caleidoscope
calelectrins
calembour
calembours
calendal
calendar (current term)
calendar call
calendar calls
calendar day
calendar method
calendar method of birth control
calendar month
calendar months
calendar spread
calendar spreads
calendar week
calendar year
calendar years
calendared
calendarial

Literary usage of Calendar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How Our Laws Are Made: Bicentennial Edition 1789-1989 by Edward F. Willett (1995)
"As soon as a public bill is favorably reported, it is assigned a calendar number on either the Union calendar or the House calendar, the 2 principal ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The astronomers entrusted with the reformation of the calendar calculated that after a period of 312V years (310 years is according to our figures a closer ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1895)
"Leatherette bds., Зое Rivell calendar for Brave and Fair. ... $3.50 Staket calendar of American Etchings. $1.50 Stakes calendar of Belles. By С. С. Lovell. ..."

4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"Ann. A. A month is solar, or computed according to the calendar, which containa thirty or thirty-one days, or lunar, which consists of twenty-eight days. ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"In view of the discrepancies between the two systems the German Protestants devised a third calendar, which was to agree neither with the Gregorian nor the ..."

6. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society, William Angus Knight, Wordsworth Society (1900)
"In the calendar of the book of 1604, there is, on September 26th, ... The " Cyprian " commemorated in the calendar of 1604 is probably the Cyprian ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Calendar on Dictionary.com!Search for Calendar on Thesaurus.com!Search for Calendar on Google!Search for Calendar on Wikipedia!