timetable

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time·table [timetable timetables timetabled timetabling] noun, verb BrE [ˈtaɪmteɪbl] NAmE [ˈtaɪmteɪbl]
noun
1. (especially BrE) (NAmE usually sched·ule)a list showing the times at which particular events will happen
•a bus/train timetable (= when they arrive and leave)
• We have a new timetable each term (= showing the times of each class in school).
• Sport is no longer so important in the school timetable (= all the subjects that are taught at schools).
2. a plan of when you expect or hope particular events to happen
Syn: ↑schedule
• I have a busy timetable this week (= I have planned to do many things).
• The government has set out its timetable for the peace talks.

Which Word?:
agenda / diary / schedule / timetable
A book with a space for each day where you write down things that you have to do in the future is called a diary or a datebook (NAmE) (not an agenda). You may also have a calendar on your desk or hanging up in your room, where you write down your appointments. A diary or a journal is also the record that some people keep of what has happened during the day: ▪ the Diary of Anne Frank.
In BrE your schedule is a plan that lists all the work that you have to do and when you must do each thing and a timetable is a list showing the fixed times at which events will happen: a ▪ bus/train timetable. In NAmE these are both called a schedule.

Example Bank:
•Implementation of the reforms was kept to a very strict timetable.
•It said in the timetable that a train was due at 5.30.
•The administration refused to set out a specific timetable for troop withdrawal.
•The delegates outlined what they considered a realistic timetable for troop withdrawal.
•a full timetable of teaching
•I have a busy schedule/timetable this week.
•Sport is no longer so important in the school timetable.
•We have a new timetable each term.
•a bus/flight/train timetable
•the government's timetable for the peace talks
Derived Word: ↑timetabling
 
verb usually passive ~ sth (for sth) (especially BrE)
to arrange for sth to take place at a particular time
Syn: ↑schedule
• A series of discussion groups have been timetabled for the afternoons.
• Arts students have fewer timetabled hours (= classes arranged with a teacher) than science students.
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•A series of group discussions have been timetabled for the afternoons.
•It's important that revision time is timetabled in.
•The course is timetabled for one period each week.
•The lessons were timetabled on Wednesday from 10 to 12.
•There were several timetabled events in the evenings.

 
See also: ↑schedule