timetable

Etymology

From time + table.

noun

  1. a tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures
    The timetable has been changed several times since it was first announced.
  2. A schedule of arrivals and departures published in book or booklet form, or as a pamphlet, and available to travellers, either free or for a charge.
    Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics. 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714

verb

  1. (transitive) To arrange a specific time for (an event, a class, etc).
    I've timetabled the meeting for Monday afternoon.

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