calendar
Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
Example
“The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.”
Other meanings
A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
“Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.”
A list of planned events.
“The club has a busy calendar this year.”
Related words
- calendar versioning
- calendar anomaly
- calendar clock
- calendar day
- calendar effect
- calendar girl
- calendar method
- calendar month
- calendar spread
- calendar year
- calendarer
- calendarial
Word history
From Latin "calendarium" (account book).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “calendar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.