Meaning & use

reschedule

verb·Everyday

To change the arranged time or date for an event, meeting, or appointment.

See it in a sentence

The airline had to reschedule the flight because of the approaching storm.

Can we reschedule our meeting to Thursday afternoon instead of Monday morning?

A note on using this word

Reschedule implies moving something to a new time rather than canceling it outright; use cancel if the event will not happen at all.

Words with a similar meaning

postponerearrange

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Words with an opposite meaning

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