# scheduling

Pronunciation: US say "SKEJ-uul-ing" /ˈskɛd͡ʒʊlɪŋ/; UK say "SHEJ-oo-ling" /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːlɪŋ/; AUS say "SHEJ-ool-ing" /ˈʃed͡ʒʉːlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of schedule. — present participle and gerund of schedule
   - Simple: Present participle of schedule. Use it for the ongoing act of setting times for things.
   - _The committee is scheduling its hearings around the witnesses' availability._
   - _Scheduling the rehearsals took longer than anyone expected._

## Noun

2. The activity or function of timing events so that each one takes place at the best possible moment.
   - Simple: The job of planning when each task or event should happen.
   - _Efficient scheduling lets the airline use every gate without overlap._
   - _The plant's scheduling determines which customer orders ship first._
3. An assignment of something to a schedule, or a systematic arrangement of items in a planned order.
   - Simple: The act of putting an event into a timed plan, or the ordered plan you get.
   - _A poor scheduling of the courses left two classes in the same room._
   - _The new scheduling groups all the lab sessions on Fridays._
4. The particular time at which a given event is set to take place.
   - Simple: The set time when a certain event is meant to happen.
   - _Its 2 a.m. scheduling all but guaranteed the documentary a tiny audience._
   - _The festival offers three schedulings of the play: Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday at noon._

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