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to mesh schedules

to mesh schedules

6.5
Make people's plans fit so they can meet or work together
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : coordinar horarios
  • It's been so nice to know that I will see him every day because he works late, and it used to take a lot of planning to mesh our schedules!

Examples

  • It took some effort to mesh schedules, but we finally found a time that works for everyone.

  • The team met to mesh schedules and ensure that everyone could attend the important meeting.

  • We need to mesh schedules so that we can meet for lunch next week.

Synonyms

to coordinate
vsto mesh schedules
325 4.1

To arrange people or activities so they work well together

focuses specifically on aligning individual timetables for joint activities
to concert
vsto mesh schedules
  • Formal
1 7.1

To plan and act together with others

emphasizes matching separate timetables so events can be scheduled together

How Coordinated

to synchronize
  • US
49 4.7
to mesh schedules
6.5

Surface Forms

mesh schedules infinitive
meshed schedules past
meshed schedules past participle
meshing schedules present participle
meshes schedules third person singular

Morphology

mesh + schedule

The meaning 'to coordinate timetables' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'mesh' (to fit or coordinate together) + 'schedules' (timetables), so a learner who knows both words can infer the action. This is a literal verb + object pattern following the ordinary sense of 'making things fit together', a cross-linguistically accessible logic rather than an idiomatic shift.

Etymology

Mesh schedules uses the image of mesh, like two gears or nets whose parts fit together, and schedules, people's timetables. So when timetables 'fit' together you can arrange a meeting, which is why the phrase means 'to coordinate or match people's timetables'.