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Schedule a meeting

Meaning in business english, with examples

phraseCore term

In business english, schedule a meeting means: To choose and arrange a date and time for a meeting to happen.

In Turkish: toplantı planlamak

How it is used

Very common in office coordination. Often used when checking calendars, availability, time zones, room bookings, and who needs to attend.

Example sentences

  1. Let's schedule a meeting with finance next week so we can review the hiring plan before the budget deadline.

    The phrase means formally arranging time with the relevant team so a specific business topic can be discussed.

  2. Because the teams were spread across three time zones, it took two days to schedule the meeting fairly.

    Here it highlights the coordination work behind setting a meeting time that suits participants in different locations.

Common collocations

  • schedule a meeting for Monday
  • schedule a meeting with the team
  • schedule a meeting in advance
  • deadlineThe latest date or time by which a piece of work must be finished, sent or delivered.
  • rescheduleTo change the date or time of a meeting, call or event that was already planned.

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