CALENDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calendar mean? 

• CALENDAR (noun)
  The noun CALENDAR has 3 senses:

1. a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

2. a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)

3. a tabular array of the days (usually for one year)

  Familiarity information: CALENDAR used as a noun is uncommon.

• CALENDAR (verb)
  The verb CALENDAR has 1 sense:

1. enter into a calendar

  Familiarity information: CALENDAR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALENDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("calendar" is a kind of...):

arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

Meronyms (parts of "calendar"):

embolism; intercalation (an insertion into a calendar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calendar"):

lunar calendar (a calendar based on lunar cycles)

lunisolar calendar (a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles)

solar calendar (a calendar based on solar cycles)

Derivation:

calendric (relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

I have you on my calendar for next Monday

Hypernyms ("calendar" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calendar"):

docket ((law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities)

Derivation:

calendar (enter into a calendar)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A tabular array of the days (usually for one year)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("calendar" is a kind of...):

table; tabular array (a set of data arranged in rows and columns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calendar"):

perpetual calendar (a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years)

Derivation:

calendar (enter into a calendar)

calendric (relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement)

• CALENDAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they calendar    ... he / she / it calendars   
Past simple: calendared   
Past participle: calendared   
-ing form: calendaring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter into a calendar

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "calendar" is one way to...):

schedule (plan for an activity or event)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

calendar (a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc))

calendar (a tabular array of the days (usually for one year))

 Context examples 

The calendar date on which an activity is terminated or completed.

(End Date, NCI Thesaurus)

A calendar date specifying the end of the clinical site participation in a particular study

(End Date of Clinical Study Site Participation in Study, NCI Thesaurus)

The second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(February, NCI Thesaurus)

A science based on the exact calendar dating of annual growth rings in wood.

(Dendrochronology, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

NOTE(S): This represents the dosing calendar in a text format.

(Defined Substance Administration Dose Regimen, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The calendar date of subject's death.

(Date of Death, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with programming of calendar dates and/or time as a factor in the operation of a medical device.

(Date-Related Software Issue, Food and Drug Administration)

Any of the seven named, 24-hour divisions of a calendar week.

(Day of the Week, NCI Thesaurus)

The twelfth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(December, NCI Thesaurus)

The calendar date of the observation that is imputed.

(Imputed Date, NCI Thesaurus)