[uh-jen-duh] 
| a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.: The chairman says we have a lengthy agenda this afternoon. |
[uh-jen-duhm] [-duh] , -dums. | 1. | an agenda. |
| 2. | something that is to be done. |
| 3. | an item on an agenda. |
| a·gen·da (ə-jěn'də) n. pl. a·gen·das
[Latin, pl. of agendum, agendum; see agendum.] Usage Note: It is true that Cicero would have used agendum to refer to a single item of business before the Roman Senate, with agenda as its plural. But in Modern English a phrase such as item on the agenda expresses the sense of agendum, and agenda is used as a singular noun to denote the set or list of such items, as in The agenda for the meeting has not yet been set. If a plural of agenda is required, the form should be agendas: The agendas of both meetings are exceptionally varied. |
| a·gen·dum (ə-jěn'dəm) n. pl. a·gen·da (-də) also a·gen·dums Something to be done, especially an item on a program or list. [Latin, neuter gerundive of agere, to do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.] |
