Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An agenda.
- noun Something to be done, especially an item on a program or list.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thing to be done: usually in the plural, things to be done; duties.
- noun Especially— Matters of ecclesiastical practice; ritual or liturgy. As a collective singular, a memorandum-book.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See
agenda . - noun A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually
Agenda .]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A task which ought to be done.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I absolutely agree that the liberal agendum is more difficult to sell, just as Reason is more difficult to sell than is fear and panic. agreed.
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Similarly, agenda has taken on a singular life of its own (distinct from the near-obsolete agendum) and has given rise to the standard plural agendas.
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However, the Dems should have understood that the GOP has no interest in actual governing and should have forced an agendum.
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My only agendum is to make a few modest suggestions, and have a give-and-take with you that informs my future suggestions.
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The agendum of the seemingly incompetent is often achieved.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I hope that Clinton's first agendum is to (re) hire those State Dept. professionals who abandoned the service rather than facing the dilemma of carrying out Bush's betrayal of long established principled policy.
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Igne et fuste potius agendum cum haereticis quam cum disputationibus; os alia loquens, &c.
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Oh, and on the subject of lost Latin plurals: I have occasionally seen “agenda” treated as plural, and once or twice to my delight seen “an agendum” referred to.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Most Commonly Misspelled Phrases: 2007
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Note 57: Chronica Regia Coloniensis continuatio IIa, p. 191: "ipsos vero adhuc etate puerile nec robur nec vires ad aliquid agendum habere et ideo stulte et absque discretione hoc factum attemptatum ab omnibus iudicaretur." back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Severus in despatch; Adeste si quid mihi restat agendum.
The Essays 2007
quaxanta commented on the word agendum
The singular of agenda -- and better because it means that there's less that you have to do!
December 9, 2006