calendar

A printed or digital chart showing the days, weeks, and months of a year.

• There is a calendar on the wall.
• I marked our holiday dates on the calendar.
• Have you bought next year's calendar?

Common phrases: wall calendar, desk calendar, check the calendar

A list of events or activities and the dates when they will happen.

• My calendar is full this week.
• The club added two concerts to its calendar.
• Check the school calendar before booking your trip.

How to use it: calendar of something (The website has a calendar of local events.)

Similar words: schedule, agenda

Common phrases: social calendar, events calendar, busy calendar

A system for dividing time into days, months, and years.

• This calendar follows the moon.
• Different cultures have used different calendars.
• The Gregorian calendar includes an extra day in leap years.

Common phrases: lunar calendar, solar calendar, gregorian calendar

An official ordered list of people, documents, or matters to be dealt with.

• The judge reviewed the court calendar.
• Three bills remain on the legislative calendar.
• The archive published a calendar of its earliest records.

How to use it: calendar of something (The clerk prepared a calendar of cases for trial.)

Similar words: list, register, schedule

Common phrases: court calendar, legislative calendar, calendar of cases