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Reschedule

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˌriːˈskedʒuːl/verbCore term

In business english, reschedule means: To change the date or time of a meeting, call or event that was already planned.

In Turkish: yeniden planlamak, başka bir zamana almak, tarihini değiştirmek

How it is used

Used when something has to move but will still happen. You reschedule a meeting 'for' or 'to' a new time. Unlike postpone, it can mean moving to an earlier time as well as a later one.

Example sentences

  1. Something urgent came up. Can we reschedule our call for tomorrow morning?

  2. The workshop has been rescheduled to 14 May.

Common collocations

  • reschedule a meeting
  • reschedule for next week
  • need to reschedule
  • rescheduled date
  • postponeTo move a meeting, event or decision to a later time than the one originally planned.
  • push backTo move a planned date or time to later; also, to resist or argue against a request, plan or decision.
  • bring forwardTo move a meeting, event or deadline to an earlier date or time than originally planned.
  • availabilityThe times when someone is free to meet, talk or work on something.
  • calendar inviteAn electronic invitation to a meeting or call that is sent through a calendar tool and adds the event to the guests' calendars when they accept it.

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