Meaning & use
rescheduled date
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Meaning
nouncountable
A new date set for an event that was originally planned for a different time.
Grammar: Countable: use 'a rescheduled date' or 'the rescheduled date'; the plural is 'rescheduled dates'.
Patterns
- a rescheduled date for something
- announce a rescheduled date
- the rescheduled date of something
The concert was postponed, and the rescheduled date is in October.
Please check your email for the rescheduled date of the meeting.
They announced a rescheduled date for the final match.
Word forms
| plural | rescheduled dates |
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Common combinations
- announce a rescheduled date
- The organizers will announce a rescheduled date next week.
- confirm a rescheduled date
- Could you confirm the rescheduled date with the venue?
- a rescheduled date for the event
- We are still waiting for a rescheduled date for the event.
Synonyms and how they differ
- new date
- More general and neutral; use it when the event was simply moved, not necessarily postponed.
- make-up date
- Informal and common for sports or exams; it stresses that the event is being made up.
Word family
- reschedule verb
- To change the time or date of something.
Commonly confused: rescheduled date or rescheduling date?
rescheduled date vs rescheduling date
'Rescheduling date' would mean the date on which the act of rescheduling takes place, not the new date of the event.
Practice
The wedding was moved to June, so the ______ is now 15 June.
Choose one answer.
'Rescheduled date' is the fixed phrase for the new date of an event. 'Rescheduling date' means the date when rescheduling happens, and 'reschedule date' is not the usual noun phrase.
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