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agenda

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1  —as in:
on the agenda
Definition a list of items to be discussed at a meeting
  • Everyone received a copy of the agenda the day before the meeting.
agenda = a list of items to be discussed at a meeting
Other Uses (with this meaning)
  • What's on today's agenda?
  • agenda = list of items to discuss at a meeting
  • Nobody quotes us by name, yet, but they're discussing the points we raise. We're helping set the agenda.
    Orson Scott Card  --  Ender's Game
  • agenda = list of items to be discussed
  • You're the only buggin' thing on the agenda. And with that, he turned and walked away, leaving Thomas to wonder why in the world a Gathering was needed just to talk about him.
    James Dashner  --  The Maze Runner
  • agenda = list of items to be discussed
  • Among other things, a game plan for fruit stealing would be on the agenda.
    Markus Zusak  --  The Book Thief
  • agenda = list of items to be discussed
  •   "Okay," Phoebe said, "an agenda is a..."
      "So maybe it's for your dad," I suggested. "Does he go to meetings?"
    Sharon Creech  --  Walk Two Moons
  • agenda = a list of items to be discussed at a meeting
  • Phoebe explained what an agenda was.
    Sharon Creech  --  Walk Two Moons
  • agenda = a list of items to be discussed at a meeting
  • I know what an agenda is, Phoebe.
    Sharon Creech  --  Walk Two Moons
agenda = a list of items to be discussed at a meeting

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2  —as in:
has his own agenda
Definition a list of objectives; or an overriding goal or plan
  • Slowing climate change is at the top of their agenda.
agenda = list of objectives
Other Uses (with this meaning)
  • If you put her in charge, she will push her own agenda more than she will facilitate ideas from the group.
  • agenda = overriding goal or plan
  • What's on the agenda today?
  • agenda = list of things to do
  • Lying in bed was the only thing on the agenda.
    Wes Moore  --  The Other Wes Moore
  • agenda = list of things to do
  •   "What's next on the bloody agenda?"
      "Just thought you'd like to eat something, maybe take a shower. Sleep."
    James Dashner  --  The Scorch Trials
  • agenda = list of things to do
  • The message was: Everyone has his own agenda.
    Sharon Creech  --  Walk Two Moons
  • agenda = reasons or goals that motivate behavior
  • She gave herself over to the new life that awaited her in this city, a life with a father, with sisters and brothers, a life in which she would love and be loved back, without reservation or agenda, without shame.
    Khaled Hosseini  --  A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • agenda = a goal to get something
  • For one quick moment we both had the same agenda.
    Sharon Creech  --  Walk Two Moons
  • agenda = reasons or goals that motivate behavior
  • I saw everyone else going on with their own agendas while Mrs. Cadaver was frantically trying to keep her husband and her mother alive.
    Sharon Creech  --  Walk Two Moons
  • agendas = reasons or goals that motivate behavior
  • Roland uses it to further his own agenda of fear after all, he was the one who very publicly predicted that Emby would vanish.
    Neal Shusterman  --  Unwind
agenda = goal or plan

Dictionary / pronunciation — Google®Dictionary list — Onelook.com®
Less commonly:
Much less commonly, agenda can refer to a notebook used to organize appointments and lists of tasks or plans.
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