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# calendar

«calendar» in Mova's school dictionary: **a chart that shows the days, weeks and months of the year** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (calendar, calendars)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A calendar is a chart that shows the days, weeks and months of the year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#m1)

2) A calendar is a way of dividing time into days, months and years, like the Chinese calendar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#m2)

3) A calendar is a list of planned events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#m3)

4) A calendar can also be an official list of names, such as the saints whose names are given to children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

days, weeks and months to count; time between days; reading a calendar is a school skill; phrases «on the calendar», «calendar month», «school calendar», «advent calendar»

### examples

- A week has 7 days on the calendar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x1)
- She marked the calendar for 3 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x2)
- How many days are in two weeks? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x3)
- Look at the calendar: the trip is in 10 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x4)
- A year has 12 months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x5)
- We cross off a day on the calendar each morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x6)
- The school calendar shows the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x7)
- We open a door of the advent calendar each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x8)
- Different countries use different calendars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x9)
- Write the party on the family calendar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x10)
- All the names in the calendar are taken already.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/#x11)

### note

Counting days: a week is 7 days, a year is 12 months, a fortnight is 14 days. Trap: counting from one day to another, do not count the first day twice. Months have 28 to 31 days. Spelled «calendar», with «-ar».

### In the corpora

- [Then you say so and suggest a clock, a calendar or a grown-up, instead of making it up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/6/)
- [You may not know the real date, because you only know what is in your lessons; a clock or calendar can tell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/11/)
- [Enrichment is planned on a calendar so that it is different every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/112-training-and-enrichment/16/)
- [Some grandparents also count birthdays by the lunar calendar, which falls on a different Western date each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/15/)
- [A family calendar shows everyone what is planned, so events do not clash.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calendar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calendar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.