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# timetable

noun (a timetable, timetables); verb (timetable, timetables, timetabled, timetabling)

«timetable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A timetable is a list or chart showing what happens at what time, like lessons at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#m1)
2. A timetable is a list of times when buses, trains or planes leave and arrive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#m2)
3. To timetable something is to plan it for a certain time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#m3)

### In the lessons

At school in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the timetable shows the lessons each day; in the USA people often say «schedule». In maths, reading bus and train timetables is a common skill: finding how long a journey takes by subtracting times. «Times tables» are different: they are multiplication facts. Phrases: «school timetable», «bus timetable», «on the timetable».

### Examples

- Check the timetable to see when maths is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x1)
- The bus timetable says the next bus is at 4:15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x2)
- PE is on the timetable on Wednesday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x3)
- The train leaves at 9:20 and arrives at 10:05, so the trip takes 45 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x4)
- Mum printed the holiday timetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x5)
- Our timetable changes next term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x6)
- The swimming lesson was timetabled for Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x7)
- The station has a big timetable on the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a timetable, timetables. Trap: «timetable» (a list of times) is not «times table» (like the 7 times table). American English often uses «schedule» instead. In maths, to find a journey length, subtract the leaving time from the arriving time, and remember an hour has 60 minutes, not 100.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «timetable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timetable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«timetable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/timetable.html) on Mova free.