agenda

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US /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
noun Freq #6127

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

    Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

  2. 2
    noun

    A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.

    A homework agenda, sometimes called a student planner, is a notebook often used to help your child keep track of daily homework assignments.

  3. 3
    noun

    An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.

    These plans are the complete opposite of the path pursued by Emmanuel Macron since 2017. His agenda has exacerbated both income and wealth inequality, while there has been no change in investment, job creation or growth.

  4. 4
    noun

    a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

  5. 5
    noun

    a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

  6. 6
    noun

    A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

  7. 7
    noun

    A ritual.

  8. 8
    noun

    plural of agendum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agendader. English agenda From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“to do, act, make”).

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a temporally organized plan... dockettasklistto-do listworklist
4 noun · a temporally organized plan... docketschedule
5 noun · a list of matters to be... agendumorder of business
Word family
Derived forms agenda-settingagendalessagendapostfungendanon-agendavagenda

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