Scheduled

  

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Scheduled

Definition: Scheduled

Scheduled

Adjective

1. Planned or scheduled for some certain time or times; "the scheduled meeting"; "the scheduled flights had to be cancelled because of snow".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scheduled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Antonym: unscheduled (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Scheduled

English words defined with "scheduled": airline, airline business, airway, arrival timecall off, cancel, cancelled, connectdelay, delinquent, demurrage, departure time, dueexpressflight, freeincreaseoff, off duty, off-duty, on, on duty, on-duty, overduerain check, regularschedule, scheduled maintenance, serial, serial publication, series, spare, striketime of arrival, time of departureunscheduledvisit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scheduled": scheduled items. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scheduled

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You must go to Geneva, as scheduled. And you must face the bastard (The Holcroft Covenant; writing credit: Edward Anhalt; George Axelrod)

He was scheduled to work here this evening (Night of the Creeps; writing credit: Fred Dekker)

I had a weekend scheduled of totally nude, no kids in the house, love making (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor)

So you're not at all worried about the number 13? Even though you're launch is scheduled for 13:13, and you'll be entering the moon's atmosphere on April 13th (Apollo 13; writing credit: Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger)

It's a scheduled holiday, kid (Life with Louie; writing credit: Martin Miehe-Renard; Mette Andersen Ottesen)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Scheduled

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ambedkar, Politics and Scheduled Castes (reference)

  • Changing Occupational Structure of Scheduled Tribes (Tribal Studies of India Series, t 121) (reference)

  • Scheduled Castes and Tribes: Socio-Economic Upliftment Programmes (reference)

  • Scheduled Castes at the Cross Roads (reference)

  • Socio-Cultural Study of Scheduled Tribes: The Pardhans of Maharashtra (Castes and Tribes of India, No 2) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Scheduled

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A surveyor reads the chart that tells him exactly where the historical dam that is scheduled for removal is located. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A full view of the dam scheduled for removal. The river is in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Nonquit Marsh, this culvert is scheduled to be replaced in the round 2 projects. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

At Cockroach Bay, a newly constructed tidal pond before planting. This area was scheduled for planting within two months of construction of the tidal pool. The restoration planting at Cockroach Bay consisted of twelve to fifteen acres. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

America's strawberry growers are testing various new methods of growing bautiful berries like this one without using methyl bromide, an effective but environmentally unfriendly soil fumigant that's scheduled for phaseout by 2005. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

America's strawberry growers are testing various new methods of growing beautiful berries like these without using methyl bromide, an effective but environmentally unfriendly soil fumigant that's scheduled for phaseout by 2005. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Brian Prechtel..

Caption: Edison and Others with Beach Bus Made by the Electric Coach Corp., and Scheduled to Operate to Atlantic City; West Orange, NJ; November 21, 1913; {14.625/18} (jpg).

Receiving her 3"/50 main gun at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, March 1950. Photograph released 17 March 1950 by 14th Naval District PIO, with the following caption: "GUNS INSTALLED ON KOREAN PATROL CRAFT .... The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Wednesday started placing guns on the vacant mounts of the Korean Naval Patrol Craft 'Bak Dusan'. Scheduled for installation on the craft is one 3" anti-aircraft gun and six .50 caliber machine guns. The work at the local shipyard was authorized by the Secretary of Defense. Shown above are shipyard workers placing the 3" gun on the mount while Korean Naval Officers watch the operation. The 'Bak Dusan' which arrived in the Islands from New York on January 24, is enroute to its homeland.". Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Scheduled

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Do not skip doses of your scheduled pain medicine. (references)

Surgeries are scheduled annually on one day, usually in May. (references)

Treatments are scheduled by the center and are relatively fixed. (references)

Business

This is scheduled to change. (references)

There are 49 airports offering scheduled traffic in Sweden. (references)

The work program of the consortium is scheduled for six years. (references)

Children

Guatemala

On February 19, several days before the trial was scheduled to open, Melchor Pastor Hernandez and Juvencio Ixmay kidnaped Ana Maria's older sister Marta Elena. (references)

Tanzania

The legislation was scheduled to go into effect in January 2002. However, there were inadequate numbers of schools, teachers, books, and other educational materials to meet the demand. (references)

Lesotho

Expansion of the program to the second grade occurred during the year, and the program is scheduled to expand to grade 3 in 2002. There is no pattern of societal abuse against children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Panama

His preliminary hearing was scheduled for December 28, but was postponed. (references)

Seychelles

The Supreme Court agreed to expedite the cases and scheduled them to be heard in March. (references)

Zimbabwe

MDC President Tsvangirai, accompanied by an MDC M.P., was scheduled to address the gathering. (references)

Economic History

Oman

It is scheduled for completion by mid-2003. (references)

Brazil

A fourth oil round is scheduled for mid 2002. (references)

Mauritius

Elections are scheduled at least every 5 years. (references)

Human Rights

Comoros

No trial had been scheduled for either opponent by year's end. (references)

Sri Lanka

The next hearing was scheduled for March, but was rescheduled once again. (references)

Canada

A coroner's inquest into the second victim's death was scheduled for January 2002. (references)

Indigenous People

India

The last census conducted showed that 8.08 percent of citizens belonged to scheduled tribes. (references)

Argentina

To clarify the discrepancy, the national census scheduled to take place in 2000 was to have collected information about indigenous identity for the first time; however, funding shortfalls required the Federal Government to postpone the census until mid-November, with results expected in 2002. Existing census data show that poverty rates are higher than average in areas with large indigenous populations. (references)

Minorities

Mauritius

The request for an appeal was scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court in January 2002. (references)

Political Economy

ISRAEL

This policy is scheduled to be reviewed in January 2004. (references)

Laos

THE NEXT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 2002. (references)

Indonesia

The MPR is scheduled to hold the second annual session in October 2001. (references)

Political Rights

Somalia

Municipal and parliamentary elections were scheduled for the end of the year. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Citizens have the right to change their government through regularly scheduled free and fair elections. (references)

Iran

Regularly scheduled elections are held for the President, members of the Majles, and the Assembly of Experts. (references)

Trade

Taiwan

The HCF is scheduled to be reduced to 0.2 percent in the near future. (references)

Indonesia

The next CGI meeting is tentatively scheduled for November 2001 in Jakarta. (references)

Brazil

Currently in the IDB pipeline, there are 29 projects in Brazil valued at $ 7 billion and scheduled for approval over the next three years. (references)

Travel

Brazil

Scheduled airline fares are comparable to those in Western Europe. (references)

Honduras

The state-owned telephone company is scheduled to be privatized in the year 2001. (references)

Barbados

Direct flights to Philadelphia, Boston, and Houston are scheduled during from October to March. (references)

Women

Liechtenstein

It ratified the protocol on October 24, and the protocol was scheduled to take effect in January 2002. Three women's rights groups were active. (references)

Nicaragua

A formal hearing is scheduled for March 2002. On December 12, Ortega renounced his congressional immunity from prosecution to face Narvaez's charges. (references)

Turkmenistan

However, the military academy is scheduled to graduate its first class of female cadets in 2002. Under the law, women enjoy the same inheritance and marriage rights as men. (references)

Worker Rights

Albania

Local police often tip off traffickers when raids are scheduled. (references)

Morocco

All employees are limited to a maximum 48-hour regularly scheduled workweek. (references)

Mexico

The STPS agreed to the consultations; however, consultations were not scheduled by year's end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Scheduled

"Scheduled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 56.69% of the time. "Scheduled" is used about 1,209 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)56.69%6859,667
Adjective (general or positive)27.52%33315,728
Lexical Verb (past tense)15.12%18322,794
Noun (proper)0.33%4175,879
Noun (common)0.33%4175,879
                    Total100.00%1,209N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Scheduled

Expressions using "scheduled": mean cycle between scheduled shop visits scheduled arrival scheduled broadcast scheduled bus scheduled chemical control scheduled date scheduled departure scheduled elapsed time scheduled fire scheduled flight scheduled international air service scheduled job scheduled maintenance scheduled mode scheduled outage scheduled output scheduled performance scheduled price scheduled service scheduled speed scheduled stop scheduled target scheduled territories scheduled time of arrival scheduled train scheduled trip scheduled watch scheduled wave time between scheduled shop visits. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "scheduled": scheduled-passenger.

Ending with "scheduled": non-scheduled, re-scheduled.

Containing "scheduled": international non-scheduled operator, non-scheduled flight, non-scheduled international air service, non-scheduled operations, non-scheduled operator, non-scheduled tariff.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scheduled

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

scheduled task

107

could not scheduled start task

3

execution scheduled

24

blanket insurance limit scheduled versus

3

drug scheduled

13

scheduled award

3

scheduled maintenance

9

borneo holiday scheduled

3

c scheduled section

6

maintenance mercedes scheduled

2

component scheduled task

6

2000 scheduled task window

2

maintenance scheduled toyota

5

courier orlando scheduled service

2

active scheduled task x

5

bergamo flight rome scheduled

2

scheduled

5

scheduled sevices

2

airline office scheduled ticket

4

bmw maintenance scheduled

2

honda maintenance scheduled

4

the over scheduled child

2

air france scheduled flight

4

ford maintenance scheduled

2

express scheduled

4

cambodia holiday scheduled

2

scheduled flight

3

date dividend payment scheduled stock yield

2

scheduled shutdown

3

china holiday scheduled

2

airline flight scheduled southwest

3

scheduled task xp

2

scheduled backup

3

scheduled email

2

scheduled software task

3

car maintenance scheduled

2

flight rome scheduled

3

narcotic scheduled

2

award,federal compensation scheduled worker

3

fare flight scheduled

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Scheduled

Language Translations for "scheduled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

预定 (Bespeak, Bespeaking, Booked, scheduling). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skat efter indtægtskategori (schedular tax, scheduled tax), standsning der er forudset i koereplanen (booked stop, scheduled stop), køreplanmæssig drift (scheduled mode, scheduled service), normal sengekapacitet (scheduled beds), periodisk fastlagte proever (scheduled tests), planlagt afbrydelse (planned outage, scheduled outage), planlagt job (scheduled job), planmæssig drift (scheduled mode, scheduled service), planmæssig hastighed (scheduled speed), fast stoppested (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), ruteflyvning (scheduled flight), varslet strømafbrydelse (scheduled outage), tidsplanlagt bølge (scheduled wave), tidsplanlagt ild (scheduled fire), tidsplanlagt mål (scheduled target), tildelt job (scheduled job), udkantområde (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), udkantsområde (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), rubrikskat (schedular tax, scheduled tax). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stop voor reizigers (booked stop, scheduled stop), ingedeelde uitvoer (scheduled output), buitengebied (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, rural area, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), gemiddeld aantal cyclussen tussen geplande werkplaatsinspecties (mean cycle between scheduled shop visits), gemiddelde tijd tussen geplande inspecties in de werkplaats (time between scheduled shop visits), geplande stop (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), geplande tests (scheduled tests), geplande uitval (scheduled outage), bestrijding volgens de kalender (scheduled chemical control), gesplitste belasting (schedular tax, scheduled tax), voorziene niet-beschikbaarheid (planned outage, scheduled outage), ingediende job (scheduled job), kalenderspuiten (scheduled chemical control), landelijk gebied (country area, country region, land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, rural area, rural district, rural region, rural zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), verplichte stop op halte (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), vervaltermijnen van uitbetaalde leningen (scheduled repayments on loans disbursed), vervoersplanning (scheduled mode, scheduled service), geregelde vlucht (planned flight, scheduled flight). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aikataulun mukainen (appointed). (various references)

   

French

  

service disponible aux heures des vols réguliers(HS) (service available during hours of scheduled operations), service conforme l'horaire (scheduled mode, scheduled service), service disponible aux heures des vols réguliers (service available during hours of scheduled operations), arrêt obligatoire (scheduled stop), arrêt prèvu l'horaire (scheduled stop), arrêt prévu l'indicateur (scheduled stop), arrêt programmé (scheduled outage), lits montés (scheduled beds), arrêt fixe (scheduled stop), impôt cédulaire (schedular tax, scheduled tax), activité visée par la loi (scheduled process), compagnie régulière (scheduled carrier), date fixe (scheduled date), durée ordonnancée (scheduled elapsed time), essais périodiques (scheduled tests), HS (service available during hours of scheduled operations), coûts d'exploitation des services réguliers (costs of operating scheduled services), échéancier de l'encours des prêts décaissés (scheduled repayments on loans disbursed), jour de congé prévu (scheduled day off), zone réservée (zone not scheduled for development), moyenne des cycles entre visites planifiées en atelier (mean cycle between scheduled shop visits), moyenne des temps entre visites planifiées en atelier (time between scheduled shop visits), nombre d'arrêts par interstation (number of halts between pairs of scheduled stops), prix tarifé (scheduled price), tâche programmée (scheduled job), tir l'horaire (scheduled target), tir sur horaire (scheduled fire), vague l'horaire (scheduled wave), vitesse type (scheduled speed), vol régulier (scheduled flight), zone non affectée (zone not scheduled for development), indisponibilité programmée (scheduled outage). (various references)

   

German

  

verzeichnet (notes down), plante (budgeted, planned, projected, targeted), planmäßig (according to plan, as planned, methodic, methodical, on schedule, systematic, systematical). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προγραμματισμένοσ, προγραμματισμένος, διατηρητέοσ (preservable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

betervezett. (various references)

   

Italian

  

servizio a orario (scheduled mode, scheduled service), scadenzario dei finanziamenti in essere relativamente all'importo versato (scheduled repayments on loans disbursed), servizio disponibile nelle ore di traffico regolare (service available during hours of scheduled operations), arresto programmato (programmed halt, scheduled outage), fermata obbligatoria (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), fermata prevista in orario (booked stop, scheduled stop), HS (service available during hours of scheduled operations), imposta cedolare (schedular tax, scheduled tax), indisponibilit programmata (planned outage, scheduled outage), posti letto (scheduled beds), media dei cicli tra due controlli d'officina programmati (mean cycle between scheduled shop visits), verifiche programmate (scheduled tests), zona non edificata (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), zona riservata (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), zona non destinata all'urbanizzazione (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), volo di linea (scheduled flight), tempo medio tra due controlli d'officina non programmati (time between scheduled shop visits), trattamento a calendario (scheduled chemical control), lotta chimica a calendario (scheduled chemical control). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

予定日 (expected date, scheduled date), 時期が早い (before scheduled, earlier than expected). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

よていび (expected date, scheduled date), じきがはやい (before scheduled, earlier than expected). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

계획하" (envisioned, Planned, Projected). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eduledschay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

serviço programado (scheduled mode, scheduled service), serviço escalonado (scheduled job), partida programada (scheduled departure), chegada programada (scheduled arrival), ciclo entre visitas planificadas oficina (mean cycle between scheduled shop visits), ensaios periódicos (routine tests, scheduled tests), escalonamento do reembolso dos empréstimos já desembolsado (scheduled repayments on loans disbursed), indisponibilidade programada (planned outage, scheduled outage), modo programado (scheduled mode, scheduled service), parada programada (scheduled stop), ônibus programado (scheduled bus), paragem obrigatória (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), voo regular (scheduled flight), tempo médio entre visitas planificadas oficina (time between scheduled shop visits), trabalho escalonado (scheduled job), trem programado (scheduled train), vôo programado (scheduled flight), viagem programada (scheduled trip), paragem fixa (compulsory stop, scheduled stop). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

планировать запланированный (planned). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

koji je planiran. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

programado (programmed). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

schemalagda tester (scheduled tests), tidtabellstrafik (scheduled mode, scheduled service), planerat avbrott (planned outage, scheduled outage), oplanerade ytterområden (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), oplanerad mark (land not zoned, outlying area, outlying district, reserved zone, white area, white land, white land area, zone not scheduled for development), fast uppehåll (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), fast obligatoriskt uppehåll (compulsory stop, scheduled stop), beräknad ankomsttid (scheduled time of arrival). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tarifeye göre, tarifeli, belirlenmiş (appointed, certain, established, fixed, given, noted, sealed, set). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scheduled

Derivations

Words ending with "scheduled": nonscheduled, prescheduled, rescheduled, unscheduled. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scheduled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chequed, scedule, schaduel, schadule, schdule, Scheddle, scheddule, Schedel, schedual, scheduale, schedualed, scheduel, scheduele, scheduke, schedul, schedulle, scheldue, schelude, Scheuble, scheudule, scheule, scheuled, schudule, sechedule, shedule. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scheduled"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "scheduled" (pronounced ske"juhld or ske"juwld)
7s k e" j uw l drescheduled, unscheduled.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Scheduled

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-h-l-s-u"

-1 letter: schedule, secluded.

-2 letters: cuddles, deduces, deludes, heddles, huddles, seclude, seduced.

-3 letters: cuddle, deduce, delude, deuced, deuces, dueled, educed, educes, eluded, eludes, heddle, huddle, leched, leches, leudes, lushed, seduce, sueded.

-4 letters: ceded, cedes, clued, clues, deeds, deled, deles, deuce, duces, dudes, duels, dulse, eched, eches, educe, elude, heeds, heels, leech, leuds, luces, ludes, schul, slued.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-d-e-e-h-l-s-u"
 

+2 letters: rescheduled, unscheduled.

 

+3 letters: nonscheduled, prescheduled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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