calendars

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of calendar.

   Over the centuries the Julian and Gregorian calendars drifted several days apart.

   Let's compare our calendars and find a free afternoon next week.

   Note

   An ordinary -s plural that keeps every meaning of the singular: printed calendars, appointment books, lists of planned events, and whole systems of dividing time. The same spelling is the courtroom verb after he, she or it (a judge calendars a hearing by setting its date) so in legal writing, check whether the word is working as a noun or a verb.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of calendar.

   The court calendars the motion for a hearing next Tuesday morning.

   Our office manager calendars every client deadline the day it comes in.

   Note

   Court and office writing is where this verb lives. A judge calendars a case at a calendar call, fixing the date it will be heard; a clerk calendars a deadline by writing it into the schedule. It always takes an object, as the base verb does, and the -s ending simply marks the present tense after a singular subject: the court calendars, the manager calendars.

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