calendar
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
A printed sheet or small book showing the days, weeks and months of a year, often used for writing down plans.
There is a calendar hanging above the fridge with all our appointments.
I marked my brother's birthday on the calendar with a thick pen.
She bought a calendar with photographs of mountains for her office.
Our old calendar still shows last December, nobody has changed it.
Common collocations: wall calendar · desk calendar · on the calendar · mark something on the calendar · hang up a calendar · the lunar calendar
Part of: Days and months, The office, Writing
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
All the meetings, events or matches that a person or an organisation has planned for the coming days and weeks.
My calendar is completely full until the end of next week.
Check your calendar and tell me which day suits you best.
The final race was added to the calendar only in October.
Common collocations: a busy calendar · a full calendar · check your calendar · clear your calendar · the sporting calendar
Part of: Days and months, The office, Sport
Forms
- plural
- calendars