agenda

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ See IPA manual

Freq #6127

Meanings

1

noun
A list of the things to be discussed at a meeting.

The first item on the agenda is the annual budget.
2

noun
A set of aims or plans, sometimes ones that are kept hidden.

Critics claimed the politician had a secret agenda.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a list of the things to be... order of business

Word family

Forms agendas

Derived forms agenda-settingagendalessagendapostfungendanon-agendavagenda

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agenda item
a subject scheduled for discussion at a meeting

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Agenda entered English in the early 17th century with the meaning “things to be done.” It belongs to the family of Latin agere, meaning “to do” or “to drive.”

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”).

*h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European agendus Latin

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# agenda

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
**Frequency rank:** 6127

## Meanings
1. A list of the things to be discussed at a meeting.
2. A set of aims or plans, sometimes ones that are kept hidden.

## Examples
- The first item on the agenda is the annual budget.
- Critics claimed the politician had a secret agenda.

## Derived Forms
- agenda-setting
- agendaless
- agendapost
- fungenda
- non-agenda
- vagenda

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂eǵ-
- Root: agendus

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Agenda comes from Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“to do, act, make”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- and Latin agendus.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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