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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′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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