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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AGEND'A, n. [L. things to be done.]
A memorandum-book; the service or office of a church; a ritual or liturgy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule]
2: a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) [syn: agenda, agendum, order of business]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere Date: 1871 1. a list or outline of things to be considered or done <agendas of faculty meetings> 2. an underlying often ideological plan or program <a political agenda> • agendaless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (pl. agendas) a a list of items of business to be considered at a meeting. b a series of things to be done. 2 (as pl.) a items to be considered. b things to be done. Usage: Now very common as a countable noun in sense 1 (cf. DATA, MEDIA). Etymology: L, neut. pl. of gerundive of agere do

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Agendum A*gen"dum, n.; pl. Agenda. [L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act.] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book. 2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(agendas) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda. Does television set the agenda on foreign policy?... The Danish president will put environmental issues high on the agenda. N-COUNT: with supp see also hidden agenda 2. An agenda is a list of the items that have to be discussed at a meeting. This is sure to be an item on the agenda next week... N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

batting order, beadroll, bill, bill of fare, blueprint, budget, cadastre, calendar, card, carte du jour, census, census report, checklist, checkroll, docket, dramatis personae, head count, honor roll, jury list, jury panel, lineup, list of agenda, menu, muster, muster roll, nose count, order of business, playbill, poll, program, program of operation, programma, property roll, prospectus, protocol, questionnaire, returns, roll, roll call, roster, rota, schedule, scroll, slate, tax roll, timetable