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| scheduling | |
| 1. n. A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time |  |
| 2. n. The time at which a particular event is scheduled | |
| schedule | |
| 1. n. (obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note. | |
| 2. n. (legal) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. | |
| schedule of tribes | |
| 3. n. (US, law) One of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification. | |
| 4. n. A timetable, or other time-based plan of events; a plan of what is to occur, and at what time. | |
| 5. n. (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources. | |
| 6. v. To create a time-schedule. | |
| 7. v. To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future. | |
| I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then. | |
| The next elections are scheduled on the 20th of November. | |
| 8. v. (Australia, medicine) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act. | |
| whether or not to schedule a patient | |
