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to schedule the surgery

to schedule the surgery

1 3.7
Set a time for a surgery to happen
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈskɛdʒuːl ðə ˈsɜːrdʒəri/
translation icon : programar la cirugía
  • They're like, you know, we're going to schedule the surgery for I think this was a Thursday or Friday.

They're like, you know, we're going to schedule the surgery for I think this was a Thursday or Friday.

Examples

  • Can you try to get him to call in and schedule the surgery as soon as he gets back?

    Extraordinary (2017)

  • We scheduled the surgery for two months out, leaving time for additional tests.

    Academic text (2009)

  • You tell Dr. Bruce to schedule the surgery.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We scheduled the surgery for February 18th of that year.

    Blog text (26)

  • Twenty-three women had undergone breast reconstruction, with an additional two cases of planned reconstruction (people who had not had the surgery at the time the article was written but who stated that they either hoped for reconstruction or had scheduled the surgery for a later date).

    Academic text (2013)

  • The doctor advised me to schedule the surgery for next week to ensure a timely recovery.

  • After reviewing the test results, they needed to schedule the surgery as soon as possible.

  • We should schedule the surgery for early morning when the operating room is available.

Synonyms

to schedule
vsto schedule the surgery
789 3.0

To arrange something to happen at a certain time

applies only to medical procedures rather than any event
to slot
vsto schedule the surgery
8 4.0

To assign a time or place for something

sets a time specifically for a medical procedure

Antonyms

to cancel
814 1.0

To decide that a planned event will not happen

Surface Forms

schedule the surgery infinitive
scheduled the surgery past
scheduled the surgery past participle
scheduling the surgery present participle
schedules the surgery third person singular

Morphology

schedule + the + surgery

The meaning 'to arrange a specific time for a medical operation' is directly derivable from 'schedule' (to arrange/book) combined with 'surgery' (a medical operation); the definite article 'the' does not change the compositional meaning. This is a straightforward, compositional phraseality found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand it.

Etymology

Schedule the surgery comes from the simple idea of writing an operation on a calendar so everyone knows when it will happen. Here schedule means 'plan on a calendar' and surgery means 'a medical operation', so the phrase means 'to arrange a time for an operation'.