timetable
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See also: time-table and time table
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Noun
timetable (plural timetables)
- A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.
- A schedule of arrivals and departures published in book or booklet form, or as a pamphlet, and available to travellers, either free or for a charge.
- 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
- Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Derived terms
- clock-face timetable
- timetable and train order
- timetable motion
- timetabler
- working timetable
Translations
a structured schedule of events
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Verb
timetable (third-person singular simple present timetables, present participle timetabling, simple past and past participle timetabled)
- (transitive) To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).
- Synonym: schedule
- I've timetabled the meeting for Monday afternoon.
Derived terms
- timetabled (adjective)
- timetabling
Translations
arrange a specific time for an event
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References
- “timetable”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.