Calendarizing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Arranging activities, events, or tasks according to a schedule or calendar; allocating specific dates or times for occurrences; organizing time-sensitive actions in a structured chronological order
2. Assigning dates to events or processes within a time framework; planning and marking occurrences on a timeline; systematizing activities based on a sequence of days or periods
3. Scheduling tasks or functions in a chronological format; coordinating actions by setting them into a calendar scheme; methodically placing events into designated time slots for efficient time management

Etymology: "Calendarizing" is the present participle of "calendarize," a verb built from "calendar" and the suffix "-ize." The base noun "calendar" comes from Latin "kalendarium," an account book recording debts due on the calends, the first day of each Roman month. That link to money is the oddity at the heart of the family: a word for a ledger of dues eventually became the name for the chart of days, weeks and months we hang on walls. The suffix "-ize," from Greek "-izein," turns a noun into a verb meaning to make, put into, or treat in a certain way. So "to calendarize" means to arrange something according to a calendar, and to calendarize an activity means fixing it to particular dates. Because the suffix is so productive, it attaches to many nouns in this way, and "calendarize" is simply one of the newer members of that group.

Synonyms: scheduling, planning, organizing, arranging, booking