Meaning & use
reschedule
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Meanings
verbtransitive
To arrange a new time or date for an event, meeting, appointment, trip, or task instead of the original one.
Grammar: Takes an object; use reschedule the meeting, or be rescheduled if plans change.
Patterns
- reschedule a meeting
- reschedule something for a time
- reschedule something to a date
- be rescheduled
We had to reschedule the interview because the manager was ill.
Can we reschedule the flight for Saturday morning?
The concert was rescheduled to next Friday.
verbtransitivefinancebusiness
To change the repayment terms of a debt or loan, often by extending the period.
Grammar: Common in banking and legal contexts; object is usually debt, loan, or payments.
Patterns
- reschedule debt
- reschedule a loan
- reschedule payments
The bank agreed to reschedule the loan over ten years.
The country rescheduled its debt payments to avoid default.
Creditors may reschedule payments after a crisis.
Word forms
| third person singular | reschedules |
|---|---|
| past tense | rescheduled |
| past participle | rescheduled |
| -ing form | rescheduling |
Common combinations
- reschedule an appointment
- The dentist asked us to reschedule the appointment for Tuesday.
- reschedule a flight
- The airline will reschedule the flight without charging a fee.
- reschedule for later
- Let's reschedule the review for later in the week.
- be rescheduled
- The game was rescheduled because of the storm.
- reschedule debt
- The finance team planned to reschedule debt after sales improved.
Synonyms and how they differ
- postpone
- Postpone means move to a later time, often simply delaying; reschedule implies setting a new specific time or date.
- rearrange
- Rearrange is broader and can change order, place, or plans; reschedule specifically changes time.
- delay
- Delay stresses lateness or waiting; reschedule focuses on choosing a replacement time.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: reschedule or cancel?
reschedule vs cancel
Reschedule keeps the event but moves it; cancel ends it and no new time is set.
Practice
The doctor was called to the hospital, so my visit was ___ to Monday.
Choose one answer.
Because the visit still happens on a new day, it was rescheduled; canceled would mean it will not happen, and the other verbs do not fit the time change.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “reschedule”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.