timetable
pronunciation
How to pronounce timetable in British English:
UK [ˈtaɪmteɪbl]
How to pronounce timetable in American English:
US [ˈtaɪmteɪbl]
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- Noun:
- a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place
- a schedule of times of arrivals and departures
Word Origin
- timetable (n.)
- 1838, originally of railway trains, from time (n.) + table (n.).
Example
- 1. It has expedited the timetable for a public consultation .
- 2. In school , you had a timetable telling you what to do when .
- 3. The labour government backed the proposal , but the timetable remained leisurely .
- 4. Back in the mid-1950s , president dwight eisenhower actually laid down a sober and methodical timetable for space exploration .
- 5. But the overall timetable is slipping .