Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A list of things to be discussed in a meeting.
  • noun A program of things to be done or considered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
  • noun A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
  • noun A motive or set of goals;

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of agendum.
  • noun A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
  • noun A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
  • noun A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
  • noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin, pl. of agendum, neuter gerundive of agere, to do; see agendum.]

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From Latin agenda, future passive participle (gerundive) of agō ("I do, act, make").

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  • What's your agenda?

    May 26, 2016