timetable

timetable
noun
1 (esp. BrE) list showing the time of events ⇨ See also ↑schedule
ADJECTIVE
busy, full

a full timetable of teaching

college, school, etc.
exam, examination
bus, train, etc.
VERB + TIMETABLE
consult, look at
PREPOSITION
according to the timetable

According to the timetable, the bus should have come in at 9.00.

in a/the timetable

It said in the timetable that a train was due at 5.30.

2 plan of events
ADJECTIVE
detailed (BrE), precise, specific
strict
realistic (esp. BrE)
overall (BrE)
VERB + TIMETABLE
have
agree on, draw up, establish, outline, set, set out
adhere to, follow, keep to

Implementation of the reforms was kept to a very strict timetable.

PREPOSITION
timetable for

The administration refused to set out a specific timetable for troop withdrawal.


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • timetable — time‧ta‧ble [ˈtaɪmˌteɪbl] noun [countable] 1. a plan giving dates and times when events will take place or things must be done; = SCHEDULE: • It is your responsibility to produce the report according to the timetable agreed with us. timetable… …   Financial and business terms

  • timetable — index calendar (list of cases), calendar (record of yearly periods), schedule Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • timetable — (n.) 1838, originally of railway trains, from TIME (Cf. time) (n.) + TABLE (Cf. table) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • timetable — *program, schedule, agenda …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • timetable — [n] schedule agenda, appointments, calendar, chart, chronology, docket, itinerary, list, order of business, plan, program, record; concepts 271,283,660 …   New thesaurus

  • timetable — ► NOUN ▪ a list or plan of times at which events are scheduled to take place. ► VERB ▪ schedule to take place at a particular time …   English terms dictionary

  • timetable — [tīm′tā΄bəl] n. a schedule of the times certain things are to happen, esp. of the times of arrival and departure of airplanes, trains, buses, etc …   English World dictionary

  • timetable — [[t]ta͟ɪmteɪb(ə)l[/t]] timetables, timetabling, timetabled 1) N COUNT A timetable is a plan of the times when particular events are to take place. The timetable was hopelessly optimistic... Don t you realize we re working to a timetable? We have… …   English dictionary

  • timetable — n. 1) to make up a timetable 2) to issue a timetable 3) to follow a timetable 4) to upset a timetable (see schedule3) * * * [ taɪmˌteɪb(ə)l] to follow a timetable to issue a timetable to make up a timetable to upset a timetable (see schedule 3) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • timetable — I UK [ˈtaɪmˌteɪb(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms timetable : singular timetable plural timetables ** 1) a) British a list of the times when buses, trains etc arrive and leave a bus/train timetable b) a list of the times of lessons or… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”