scheduled
part of speech
verb, past tense and past participle of schedule (schedule, schedules, scheduled, scheduling); adjective (scheduled)
meaning for a pupil
1) Planned to happen at a certain time: The train is scheduled to leave at 9:15. tree →
2) Adjective: happening as part of a regular plan or timetable: a scheduled flight. tree →
3) Put on a list or plan. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, time problems use timetables: if a bus is scheduled for 10:40 and runs 15 minutes late, it comes at 10:55. In everyday life lessons, matches and appointments are scheduled. Formal voice: «The meeting is scheduled for noon.»
examples
- The film is scheduled to start at 7 pm. tree →
- The match was scheduled for Saturday but was cancelled. tree →
- Our flight is scheduled to land at 3:30. tree →
- The bus was scheduled at 8:10 and came 5 minutes late, at 8:15. tree →
- I've scheduled a dentist appointment. tree →
- The scheduled trip to the zoo goes ahead rain or shine. tree →
- That night, as you can well imagine, the theater was filled to overflowing one hour before the show was scheduled to start. tree →
note
UK say SHED-yoold, US SKED-jooled. Opposite: unscheduled (unplanned). Late time = scheduled time + delay; early = scheduled time − minutes early.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «scheduled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.