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Double-booked

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

adjectiveCommon term

In office & administration, double-booked means: Having two meetings or appointments arranged for the same time, or describing a room reserved for two groups at once by mistake.

In Turkish: aynı saate iki işi olan, çakışan, iki kez rezerve edilmiş

How it is used

Common in admin: "I'm double-booked at 3 p.m.", "The boardroom has been double-booked." The verb is double-book: "Sorry, I double-booked you." Shared calendars show clashes, but mistakes still happen, especially with external guests.

Example sentences

  1. The director is double-booked on Thursday morning, so one of the meetings has to move.

  2. Sorry, the meeting room was double-booked; we've moved you to the room next door.

Common collocations

  • be double-booked
  • double-book a room
  • double-booked meeting
  • avoid double-booking
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.
  • bookTo arrange and reserve something in advance, such as a meeting room, a flight, a hotel room, a table or a person's time.
  • 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.
  • rescheduleTo change the date or time of a planned meeting, appointment or event to a new one.
  • meeting roomA room in an office used for meetings, usually with a table, chairs and a screen, which staff book in advance.

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