agenda

/ə'dʤendə/

Thân thiện

The committee reviews the agenda before the meeting starts.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A list of items to be discussed or acted upon: An "agenda" is a formal list, plan, or outline of things to be considered, especially at a meeting.
   • A personal or underlying plan or intention: "Agenda" can also refer to a private or hidden set of goals or motives that guide someone's actions.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The first item on the meeting's agenda is the budget review.
  • She has a hidden political agenda behind her charitable work.

Advanced Usage

• "To set the agenda": to establish the topics or priorities for discussion.
  • The chairperson has the power to set the agenda for the conference.
• "A hidden agenda": secret motives or intentions.
  • I suspect he has a hidden agenda for proposing this partnership.

Variants and Related Words

• Agendum (n, archaic): An item on an agenda. (Note: The singular form "agendum" is now rare; "agenda item" is the common term.)
• Agendas (n, plural): The standard plural form of "agenda."

Synonyms

• Schedule: A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.
• Program: A planned series of future events or performances.
• Docket: A list of cases to be tried or items to be addressed.

Related Phrases

• On the agenda: Scheduled to be discussed.
  • Is the marketing proposal on the agenda for tomorrow?
• Off the agenda: Not scheduled or removed from discussion.
  • That controversial topic is off the agenda for now.

Related Idioms

• To have an agenda: To have a specific set of goals, often implying those goals are not openly stated.
  • Be careful when negotiating with him; he always has an agenda.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
2. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Từ đồng nghĩa

• agendum
• order of business
• docket
• schedule