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Agenda has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

"We need to stick strictly to our agenda so we don't run out of time before lunch."

2

a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

"The chairperson opened the meeting by reading off the agenda for the day's discussion on budget cuts and new hiring policies."

3

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

"The committee's agenda included three urgent items that needed immediate discussion before the meeting adjourned."

4

plural of agendum

In plain English: An agenda is a list of topics that need to be discussed during a meeting.

"She shared her agenda for the day with her colleagues during the morning meeting."

Usage: Use agenda to refer to a list of items to be discussed at a meeting. Do not use it in the sense of personal plans or future intentions, which should be expressed with words like schedule or plan.

Proper Noun
1

A city and village in Kansas, United States.

"The community meeting was held at the local library to discuss plans for the nearby town of Agenda."

Example Sentences
"She shared her agenda for the day with her colleagues during the morning meeting." noun
"She checked her phone to see if she had any new items on her agenda for today." noun
"The meeting was called specifically to discuss the school's upcoming budget agenda." noun
"He kept his personal agenda separate from his work schedule so he could focus better." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
plan list
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
menu order of the day

Origin

The word comes from the Latin phrase agenda, which literally means "things that ought to be done." English adopted it in this sense during the 16th century.

Rhyming Words
nda anda onda inda manda linda genda panda landa jenda monda renda sunda senda honda benda zonda wanda vonda randa
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