Both Uses
agenda
in
First Address to Irish Parliament From a British PM
(Edited)
- But increasingly we share a common agenda and common objectives: completion of the Single Market and structural economic reform; better conditions for growth and jobs in Europe; successful enlargement; a united and coherent foreign policy voice for Europe; a more effective fight against crime, drugs, illegal immigration and environmental damage; flexible, open and accountable European institutions.
agenda = list of objectives
- The Taoiseach and I will meet again next spring in London, with key ministerial colleagues, to give this the necessary impetus and agenda, and will thereafter meet at least once a year to review progress.
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Definitions:
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(1)
(agenda as in: on the agenda) a list of items to be discussed at a meeting
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(2)
(agenda as in: has his own agenda) a list of objectives; or an overriding goal or plan
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly, agenda can refer to a notebook used to organize appointments and lists of tasks or plans.