Calendar
['kælɪndə] or ['kæləndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); 'I have you on my calendar for next Monday'.
(noun.) a tabular array of the days (usually for one year).
(noun.) a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
(verb.) enter into a calendar.
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Definition
(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.
(n.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.
(n.) An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.
(v. t.) To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Almanac, ephemeris, register of the year.[2]. List.
Editor: Noreen
Definition
n. the mode of adjusting the natural divisions of time with respect to each other for the purposes of civil life: an almanac or table of months days and seasons or of special facts &c. as in the 'gardener's calendar ' &c.: a list of documents arranged chronologically with summaries of contents as in 'calendar of state papers:' a list of canonised saints or of prisoners awaiting trial: any list or record.—v.t. to place in a list: to analyse and index.—ns. Cal′endarer Cal′endarist.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of keeping a calendar, indicates that you will be very orderly and systematic in habits throughout the year. To see a calendar, denotes disappointment in your calculations.
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Examples
- An Alexandrian astronomer (Sosigenes) assisted in establishing the new (Julian) calendar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I also felt that I had committed every crime in the Newgate Calendar. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was braided according to a calendar system--the more important the day the more numerous the strands in the braid. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In Yucatan only was there a kind of script, the Maya writing, but it was used simply for keeping a calendar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A very good name for the Newgate Calendar,' said Mr. Nupkins. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And it was he, without doubt, who scratched a calendar on this stone. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Bacon believed in honoring the great discoverers and inventors, and advocated maintaining a calendar of inventions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- How will he stand in the Newgate Calendar? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The temple in the ancient city was like the clock and calendar upon a writing-desk. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In time of peace, and in the merchant-service, the London price is from a guinea to about seven-and-twenty shillings the calendar month. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is the old girl's birthday, and that is the greatest holiday and reddest-letter day in Mr. Bagnet's calendar. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Julius C?sar, 102-44 B.C,instituted a reform of the calendar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A common labourer in London, at the rate of nine or ten shillings a week, may earn in the calendar month from forty to five-and-forty shillings. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Our weather must not always be judged by the calendar. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Is it six calendar or six lunar months? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Lucia