calendar

calendar
[[t]kæ̱lɪndə(r)[/t]]
calendars
1) N-COUNT A calendar is a chart or device which displays the date and the day of the week, and often the whole of a particular year divided up into months, weeks, and days.

There was a calendar on the wall above, with large squares around the dates.

2) N-COUNT: usu supp N A calendar is a particular system for dividing time into periods such as years, months, and weeks, often starting from a particular point in history.

The Christian calendar was originally based on the Julian calendar of the Romans.

3) N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss You can use calendar to refer to a series or list of events and activities which take place on particular dates, and which are important for a particular organization, community, or person.

It is one of the British sporting calendar's most prestigious events...

Franklin joined her and the children whenever his crowded calendar allowed...

They tried to make a calendar of Spain's festivals.

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  • CALENDAR — (Heb. לוּחַ, lu aḥ). The present Jewish calendar is lunisolar, the months being reckoned according to the moon and the years according to the sun. A month is the period of time between one conjunction of the moon with the sun and the next. The… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • calendar — CALENDÁR, calendare, s.n. 1. Sistem de împărţire a timpului în ani, luni şi zile, bazat pe fenomenele periodice ale naturii. 2. Indicator sistematic (în formă de carte, agendă sau tablou) al succesiunii lunilor şi zilelor unui an. ♢ expr. A face… …   Dicționar Român

  • calendar — cal·en·dar 1 n 1: a list of cases ready to be heard on a procedural action the motion calendar; specif: a list of cases ready for trial – called also list; compare docket ◇ Generally it is up to the party that wants to go to trial to have a case… …   Law dictionary

  • Calendar — Cal en*dar, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See {Calends}.] 1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calendar — [kal′ən dər] n. [ME calender < L kalendarium, account book < kalendae, CALENDS] 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,… …   English World dictionary

  • Calendar — Cal en*dar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Calendared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Calendaring}.] To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Waterhouse. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Calendar — Données clés Réalisation Atom Egoyan Scénario Atom Egoyan Acteurs principaux Atom Egoyan Arsinée Khanjian Ashot Adamian Pays d’origine Canada, Allemagne, Arménie Sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • calendar — calendar. (De calenda). tr. p. us. Poner en las escrituras, cartas u otros instrumentos la fecha o data del día, mes y año …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • calendar — c.1200, system of division of the year; mid 14c. as table showing divisions of the year; from O.Fr. calendier list, register, from L. calendarium account book, from calendae/kalendae calends the first day of the Roman month when debts fell due… …   Etymology dictionary

  • calendar — meaning a list of days and months, is spelt this way. Calender (with er) is a press for paper or cloth, and colander is a strainer …   Modern English usage

  • calendar — [n] schedule of events agenda, almanac, annal, bulletin, card, chronology, daybook, diary, docket, journal, lineup, list, log, logbook, menology, pipeline, program, record, register, sked, system of reckoning, tab, table, time, timetable;… …   New thesaurus

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