schedule Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
    docket; agenda.
  2. noun an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
  3. verb plan for an activity or event
    • I've scheduled a concert next week
  4. verb make a schedule; plan the time and place for events
    • I scheduled an exam for this afternoon

WordNet

Sched"ule noun
Etymology
F. cédule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. a tablet, leaf, and to L. scindere to cleave, Gr. . See Schism, and cf. Cedule.
Definitions
  1. A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
  2. Timetable, esp. a list of times at which a conveyance is expected to arrive or leave.
  3. Program, a list of items which will occur during an event, usu. with the expected time for each item.
  4. Agenda. Syn. -- Catalogue; list; inventory. see List.
Sched"ule transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To form into, or place in, a schedule.

Webster 1913