calendar

noun

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

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

A list of planned events.

(US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

verb

(law, transitive) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

(transitive) To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Roots

kalendaecalendar- · Latin · first of the month

Synonyms for calendar

calends almanacn schedulen ephemerisn timetablen intercalatev daybookn chronologyn diaryn yearbookn annualadj

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Where does calendar come from?

The word calendar breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root calendar-, from Latin kalendae (“first of the month”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.