scheduling

scheduling is the present participle and gerund of schedule.

Noun

scheduling (countable and uncountable, plural schedulings)

(uncountable) A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.
(countable) The time at which a particular event is scheduled.
(countable) Assignment to a schedule, or systematic arrangement.
- The use of modified unit-dose rather than eight separate pharmacies with an individual prescription system could have prevented virtually all of these inappropriate schedulings of drugs.1991, James W. Cooper, Drug-Related Problems in Geriatric Nursing Home Patients, page 111

schedule (third-person singular simple present schedules, present participle scheduling, simple past and past participle scheduled)

To create a time-schedule.
(transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.
- The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November.
Synonyms:

make, time
(transitive) To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.
- I am scheduled for classes next month.
Synonyms:

sign up, register, enroll, book
(Australia, transitive) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.
- whether or not to schedule a patient
Synonyms:

section, commit
(US, transitive) To classify as a controlled substance.
- Many harm reduction groups and drug policy experts question the long-term efficacy of scheduling xylazine.2023 April 20, Jan Hoffman, “The Fight Over a Drug That Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

plural	schedulings

What does scheduling mean?: Scheduling means a function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.
What is scheduling the present participle and gerund of?: Scheduling is the present participle and gerund of schedule.
What part of speech is scheduling?: Scheduling is a noun.
What is the plural of scheduling?: The plural of scheduling is schedulings.

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