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Calendar

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/ˈkælɪndə/nounCore term

In office & administration, calendar means: A record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.

In Turkish: takvim, ajanda, program

How it is used

In offices the calendar is usually digital and shared, for example in Outlook or Google Calendar. You check someone's calendar, send a calendar invite or block out time in your calendar. British English also uses diary for a person's schedule: "I'll check her diary."

Example sentences

  1. I've sent you a calendar invite for the budget review on Friday.

  2. Her calendar is completely full this week, but she has time on Monday.

Common collocations

  • check someone's calendar
  • calendar invite
  • shared calendar
  • block out time in your calendar
  • manage someone's calendar
  • scheduleTo arrange for a meeting, call or task to happen at a particular date and time, and usually to add it to a calendar.
  • appointmentAn arranged time to meet someone or visit a place, for example to see a client, a doctor or a manager.
  • availabilityThe times when a person is free to meet or work, or the fact that a room, product or service can still be used or booked.
  • pencil inTo add a meeting or appointment to a calendar provisionally, knowing that it may still change or need to be confirmed.
  • time slotA fixed period of time in a schedule that is available for, or given to, a particular meeting, call, visit or activity.

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