reschedule

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UK/ɹiːˈʃɛdjuːl/UK/ɹiːˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/UK/ɹiːˈskɛdjuːl/UK/ɹiːˈskɛd͡ʒuːl/

verb

To schedule again or at a different time.

“We'll have to reschedule next Monday's meeting because of the public holiday.”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verbreschedule (third-person singular simple present reschedules, present participle rescheduling, simple past and past participle rescheduled)

present singular third person reschedules · participle present rescheduling · participle past rescheduled · past rescheduled · alternative re-schedule

  1. transitiveTo schedule again or at a different time.

    We'll have to reschedule next Monday's meeting because of the public holiday.

    2 more examples

    Network Rail says it has also rescheduled repairs and renewals work to coincide with the closures, including a full bridge replacement at Postwick and track renewals at Lowestoft, Acle and Hassingham, along with additional maintenance to the swing bridges at Reedham and Somerleyton.

    2019 October 28, “February completion for Wherry lines resignalling”, in Modern Railways, page 22

    Seek so much as a kernel of advice on the internet in 2024 about conflicts in a relationship, a situationship or even an affair, and you may find yourself inundated with recommendations to "stand on business." A Hinge match asks to reschedule your first date with 30 minutes' notice? Stand on business. Your ex continues to hit you up months after the breakup? Stand on business.

    2024 January 18, Gina Cherelus, “TikTok Is 'Standing on Business.' What Does That Mean?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024
  2. UStransitivelawTo reclassify; to change the schedule (division into which something is classified) of.

    Judge Young had been considering a petition filed to have marijuana rescheduled under federal law.

    1997, Mary Lynn Mathre, Cannabis in Medical Practice, page 25
    1 more example

    Moreover, marijuana could only be brought to market if it were rescheduled to acknowledge its “accepted medical use,” according to DEA standards.

    2000, Marijuana As Medicine?: The Science Beyond the Controversy

Origin

Translations

Catalan traspassar
  • traspassarto schedule again
Finnish lykätä, siirtää
  • lykätäto schedule again
  • siirtääto schedule again
French reprogrammer, rééchelonner
  • reprogrammerto schedule again
  • rééchelonnerto schedule again
German verlegen, verschieben
  • verlegento schedule again
  • verschiebento schedule again
  • vertagento schedule again
  • umbuchento schedule again
Hungarian átütemez, áttesz/áthelyez más időpontra
  • átütemezto schedule again
  • áttesz/áthelyez más időpontrato schedule again
  • későbbre halasztto schedule again
  • elnapolto schedule again
Italian riproteggere, riprogrammare
  • riproteggereto schedule again
  • riprogrammareto schedule again
Portuguese reagendar
  • reagendarto schedule again
Spanish reprogramar
  • reprogramarto schedule again
Cite this entry
APA

reschedule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reschedule

MLA

“reschedule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reschedule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reschedule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reschedule.

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