agenda
/ə'dʤendə/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
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a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
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