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Narrator: Today's word is "Schedule" — noun, pronounced /ˈʃedjuːl/, with the stress on "sched".
Narrator: A schedule is a plan that lists the times when things will happen.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a timetable.
Narrator: It comes from Latin schedula, a small slip of paper.
Narrator: A common collocation is "on schedule", which describes being on time.
Narrator: It differs from "timetable", because timetable usually means transport or school times.
Narrator: In a second sense, to schedule is to arrange a time for something.
Narrator: Business, transport, software and events all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a schedule says when.
Speaker A: Are we still on for Friday's launch?
Speaker B: On SCHEDULE! From Latin schedula, a little slip.
Speaker A: No delays?
Speaker B: Not yet.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The project is behind schedule", work. "Check the TV schedule", home. "Schedule a meeting for Monday", office.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: British speakers usually say "SHED-yool", Americans "SKED-yool", and both are correct.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Timetable is its cousin, agenda its twin, and calendar an alternative — yet schedule keeps its punctual charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "schedule" in AI prompts — useful for calendars and job automation.
Speaker A: How for calendars?
Speaker B: Plan weeks.
Prompt: Build a weekly schedule balancing work, gym and study for a busy student.
Speaker A: And automation?
Speaker B: Cron jobs.
Prompt: Write a cron schedule that runs a backup every day at two in the morning.
Speaker A: Could it help events?
Speaker B: Yes, for agendas.
Prompt: Create a conference schedule with talks, breaks and lunch.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Project tracking.
Prompt: Show which tasks are behind schedule from this project plan.
Schedule — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary