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to mark your calendar

to mark your calendar

2 2.5
Write down a date so you remember an event
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : anotar en el calendario
  • Be sure to mark your calendar for the dates: August 29 to September 3.
  • mark your calendar now

So this is a hot item, I have to say, mark your calendars.

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Examples

  • Please mark your calendar for Back to School night on September 11 at 6:30.

    Blog text (10)

  • Did you mark your calendar yet?

    The Life of David Gale (2003)

  • You will want to mark your calendar now for next year's meeting in Salt Lake City!

    Academic text (2004)

  • Mark your calendar, and make your plans early.

    Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)

  • Mark your calendar now for the weekend before Thanksgiving 2013 for the next edition of this great show!

    Blog text (2)

  • Mark your calendar for Orlando in November!

    Academic text (1995)

  • Mark your calendar to attend the 2006 PSA International Conference of Photography, September 3-9, 2006.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Mark your calendar—the spring Career Fair is on January 30th!

    Blog text (8)

  • Mark your calendar now for March 26-28, 2009, and join ITEA in beautiful Louisville, Kentucky, for the 71st Annual ITEA Conference and Exhibition.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Make sure to mark your calendar for the important meeting next week.

Synonyms

to calendar
vsto mark your calendar
1 4.2

To put an event on a schedule so people know the time

is about noting a date personally to remember an appointment later

Antonyms

to forget
∞ 1.0

Not remember something you should remember

How Noted

to mark your calendar
2 2.5
to write down
214 1.1
note
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

mark your calendar infinitive
marked your calendar past
marked your calendar past participle
marking your calendar present participle
marks your calendar third person singular

Morphology

mark + your + calendar

The meaning 'to make a note of a date' is directly composed from 'mark' (to label or make a sign) + 'your calendar' (one's schedule register), so a learner who knows the words can infer marking a date on a calendar. This is a common, literal composition found across many languages and follows a standard verb + object pattern, making it easily comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Mark your calendar comes from the simple act of using a pen to mark a day on a paper calendar, like circling the date so you will 'remember' an important event. That's why it means 'make a note of a date'.