Definition

1. Verb:
   • To assign a new time and/or place for a planned event or appointment.
   • To arrange for something to happen at a different time than originally planned.

Usage

The verb "reschedule" is used when an existing plan, appointment, meeting, or event needs to be changed to a new date or time. It is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object (the thing being moved). It is often used in formal and professional contexts but is also common in everyday life.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The meeting was postponed, so we need to reschedule it for next week.
  • I had to reschedule my flight due to the storm.
  • Can we reschedule the dentist appointment?

Advanced Usage

• "to reschedule a debt/payment": In finance, this means to arrange a new, later date for a payment that is due.
  • The bank agreed to reschedule the loan payments to help the struggling business.

Variants and Related Words

• Rescheduling (n): The act or process of changing the time of an event.
  • The rescheduling of the concert caused some confusion.
• Schedule (v/n): The base word meaning to plan for a certain time, or the plan itself.
• Postpone (v): A close synonym, but "postpone" only means to delay to a later time, while "reschedule" can also involve changing the location or moving to an earlier time.

Synonyms

• Rearrange: To change the time or order of something.
• Postpone: To delay an event to a later time.
• Defer: To put off to a later time.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Reschedule" itself is not commonly used with particles to form phrasal verbs. The action is typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms that use the word "reschedule" as a key component.)

Verb

1. assign a new time and place for an event
   • We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment