Reschedules

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Changes the time at which a previously arranged event or appointment is to occur
2. Alters the scheduled time of a meeting or activity to a different moment
3. Moves a planned occasion to a new time that differs from the original arrangement

Etymology: "Reschedules" is the third-person singular present form of "reschedule," so the story belongs to the verb itself: re- plus "schedule." The prefix re- means "again" or "back," so to reschedule is to arrange something anew, moving a fixed plan to a different time. The base word, "schedule," has its own long road. It descends from Medieval Latin "schedula," a small strip of paper, diminutive of Latin "scheda," a sheet of papyrus. Over centuries it came to mean a written list, and eventually a timetable of events. Adding re- to it produced a term for the practical business of shifting that timetable, which is now the everyday sense in which people reschedule meetings, flights and appointments.

Synonyms: rearranges, posts, defers

Antonyms: cancels, forfeits