- a list of items to be discussed at a meeting
- We have a very full agenda of issues to discuss.
- on the agenda The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget.
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2- A copy of the agenda is circulated to delegates a month before the conference.
- An 18-point agenda was drawn up for the meeting.
- Safety at work is on the agenda for next month's meeting.
- The question of pay had been left off the agenda.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- five-point
- etc.
- hidden
- …
- have
- agree on
- draw up
- …
- item
- on a/the agenda
- off the agenda
- agenda for
- …
- firmly on the agenda
- high on the agenda
- an item on the agenda
- …
- a plan of things to be done, or problems to be addressed
- on the agenda In our company, quality is high on the agenda.
- They have been trying to get the issue onto the political agenda.
- Child poverty has been pushed off the agenda.
- Education is now at the top of the government's agenda (= most important).
- Cost-cutting is top of the agenda for the next quarter.
- Pressure groups have been accused of trying to set the agenda for the government (= decide what is important).
- agenda for something The college needs to draw up an agenda for change.
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2- This is an ambitious agenda that will take time to implement.
- An expensive holiday is definitely off the agenda this year.
- Next on the agenda is deciding where we're going to live.
- The party has a rather narrow political agenda.
- We have an agreed agenda for action.
- We were following an agenda set by the students themselves.
- the intention behind what somebody says or does, that is often secret
- The artist is letting his own agenda affect what was meant to be a community project.
Extra Examples- They were pursuing their own agenda.
- I'm not trying to push any agenda here.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘things to be done’): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere ‘do’.
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