timetable
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl//
A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.
noun
- 1
A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.
The timetable has been changed several times since it was first announced.
- 2
A schedule of arrivals and departures published in book or booklet form, or as a pamphlet, and available to travellers, either free or for a charge.
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Middle English table English table English timetable From time + table.
verb
- 1
To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).
I've timetabled the meeting for Monday afternoon.
Forms
- plural
- timetables
- past tense
- timetabled
- past participle
- timetabled
- present participle
- timetabling
- third person singular
- timetables
timetable · A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures.
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