agenda
/əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.30 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
noun
A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
noun
An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.
name
A city and village in Kansas, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup."
- "A homework agenda, sometimes called a student planner, is a notebook often used to help your child keep track of daily homework assignments."
- "It may be better to simply buy an agenda at the drug store for five dollars, but you need to keep this stuff accurate."
- "The children will use an agenda book that the school provides to organize their homework information. Before leaving for home, the children will neatly write their assignments and related directions in their agendas."
- "These plans are the complete opposite of the path pursued by Emmanuel Macron since 2017. His agenda has exacerbated both income and wealth inequality, while there has been no change in investment, job creation or growth."
- "I haven't got an agenda / I haven't еven got a gender"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agendader. English agenda From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“to do, act, make”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂eǵ-, agendus
Usage
Inflected Forms
agendas (plural)
agendae (plural, proscribed)
agendas (present, singular)
agendaing (participle, present)
agendaed (participle, past)
agendaed (past)