noun
agenda
uh-JEHN-duh
noun
1
A list of items to be discussed or dealt with, especially at a meeting.
"The first item on the agenda was the budget."
"Please send me the agenda before tomorrow's meeting."
2
A hidden or underlying set of motives behind someone's actions.
"Critics accused the journalist of pushing a political agenda."
"She suspected he had a hidden agenda for suggesting the merger."
How to Use Agenda
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA list of things to discuss or do, or (less neutrally) someone's underlying motive.
Common pairings
hidden agenda
set the agenda
on the agenda
political agenda
Word Forms
agendas plural, agendae plural
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Etymology
From Latin agenda, literally "things that must be done" — the plural gerundive of agere ("to do, act").