tight schedule

collocation in English

meaningsoftightandschedule

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tight
adjective
adverb
uk
/taɪt/us
/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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schedule
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃedʒ.uːl/us
/ˈskedʒ.uːl/
a list of planned activities or things to be done showing the times or dates when they are intended to happen or ...
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(Definition oftightandschedulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftight schedule

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These exchanges took time, and ourtightschedulewas now under serious threat.
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This has enabled us to complete camera-ready production for the volume within a fairly ambitious,tightscheduleof only seven months.
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Construction was planned for this major corporate centre on a verytightschedule, which necessitated wall assembly through the winter months.
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It was a new experience for this writer to find circus 'sold out', and this happened in thetightschedule that allocated only four to five days for most productions.
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Two practices were being handled by one fieldworker, who had worked out a detailed andtightschedule of interviews with the 20 patients from the two practices.
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We know that this is a verytightschedule, but we hope to be able to keep to it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The union is also upset at thetightschedulefor discussion and consultation.
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Thattightschedulehas given us no time to consult and debate with those who are most concerned and affected by the legislation.
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So far, we have heard only about slogan-like targets, and an extremelytightschedulefor adopting it.
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I realise that we are on a verytightschedule.
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That is a verytightscheduleand a very difficult timetable to fulfil.
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They work to a verytightscheduleand for long hours.
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However, despite a verytightschedule, the report has provided an excellent framework for discussion.
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The subject was sensitive and complex, and we were working to atightschedule.
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We shall, of course, do our upmost to keep to this fairlytightschedule.
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It has been given a verytightschedule—indeed, in practice, rather less than 10 months.
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The difference today is that we are working against a verytightschedule.
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They work to atightschedule, with deliveries twice a day.
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