scheduling

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noun

A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of schedule
nounscheduling (countable and uncountable, plural schedulings)

plural schedulings

  1. uncountableA function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.
  2. countableThe time at which a particular event is scheduled.
  3. countableAssignment to a schedule, or systematic arrangement.

    The use of modified unit-dose rather than eight separate pharmacies with an individual prescription system could have prevented virtually all of these inappropriate schedulings of drugs.

    1991, James W. Cooper, Drug-Related Problems in Geriatric Nursing Home Patients, page 111

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsetting an order and time for planned events

Similar
programmingprograming
Broader
planning
Also see
programming

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech rozvrhování
  • rozvrhovánífunction
Finnish aikataulutus
  • aikataulutusfunction
French planification, ordonnancement
  • planificationfunction
  • ordonnancementfunction
  • planificationtime at which a particular event is scheduled
  • programmationtime at which a particular event is scheduled
German Disposition
  • Dispositionfunction
Indonesian penjadwalan
  • penjadwalantime at which a particular event is scheduled
Cite this entry
APA

scheduling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scheduling

MLA

“scheduling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scheduling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scheduling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scheduling.

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