agenda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
  2. A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
  3. A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
  4. An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.
  5. A ritual.
noun
  1. plural of agendum
name
  1. A city and village in Kansas, United States.
  2. A town in Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ [əˈd͡ʒɛn.də] en-us-agenda.ogg /əˈd͡ʒɪn.də/ [əˈd͡ʒɪ̟n.də]

Word forms

agenda agendas agendae

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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