Standard Lemma guide

agenda

name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/
  • [əˈd͡ʒɛn.də]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /əˈd͡ʒɪn.də/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
  • [əˈd͡ʒɪ̟n.də] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
  • rhymes with -ɛndə
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 JH EH1 N D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city and village in Kansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A town in Wisconsin, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: docket, tasklist, to-do list, worklist

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A ritual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

plural of agendum

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, form-of, plural

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To add an item to an official schedule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, formal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: docket, schedule

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plan, program, programme

Narrower terms: menu, fare

11

noun

Meaning 11

a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agendum, order of business

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

Narrower terms: order of the day

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: አጀንዳ (ʾäǧända) — temporally organized plan
  • Arabic: جَدْوَل (jadwal) — temporally organized plan
  • Arabic: جَدْوَل أَعْمَال (jadwal ʔaʕmāl) — temporally organized plan
  • Armenian: օրակարգ (ōrakarg) — temporally organized plan
  • Belarusian: пара́дак дня (parádak dnja) — temporally organized plan
  • Belarusian: прагра́ма (prahráma) — temporally organized plan
  • Belarusian: план (plan) — temporally organized plan
  • Bulgarian: програ́ма (prográma) — temporally organized plan
  • Bulgarian: дне́вен ред (dnéven red) — temporally organized plan
  • Catalan: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 議程 /议程 (yìchéng) — temporally organized plan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 議事日程 /议事日程 (yìshì rìchéng) — temporally organized plan
  • Czech: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Danish: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Danish: dagsorden — temporally organized plan
  • Dutch: schema — temporally organized plan
  • Dutch: programma — temporally organized plan
  • Dutch: plan — temporally organized plan
  • Dutch: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Estonian: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Finnish: asialista — temporally organized plan
  • French: planning — temporally organized plan
  • Georgian: დღის წესრიგი (dɣis c̣esrigi) — temporally organized plan
  • Georgian: პროგრამა (ṗrograma) — temporally organized plan
  • German: Agenda — temporally organized plan
  • German: Tagesordnung — temporally organized plan
  • Hebrew: סֵדֶר יוֹם (séder yom) — temporally organized plan
  • Hindi: कार्यसूची (kāryasūcī) — temporally organized plan
  • Hungarian: napirend — temporally organized plan
  • Japanese: 議題 (gidai) — temporally organized plan
  • Japanese: 議事 (giji) — temporally organized plan
  • Japanese: 議事日程 (gishi nittei) — temporally organized plan
  • Korean: 의제 (uije) — temporally organized plan
  • Korean: 의사일정 (uisailjeong) — temporally organized plan
  • Latvian: dienas kārtība — temporally organized plan
  • Lithuanian: darbotvarkė — temporally organized plan
  • Macedonian: дневен ред (dneven red) — temporally organized plan
  • Norman: agende — temporally organized plan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dagsorden — temporally organized plan
  • Polish: porządek dzienny — temporally organized plan
  • Polish: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Portuguese: programa — temporally organized plan
  • Romanian: agendă — temporally organized plan
  • Russian: пове́стка (povéstka) — temporally organized plan
  • Russian: програ́мма (prográmma) — temporally organized plan
  • Russian: план (plan) — temporally organized plan
  • Russian: адже́нда (adžénda) — temporally organized plan
  • Russian: аге́нда (agénda) — temporally organized plan
  • Serbo-Croatian: дневни ред — temporally organized plan
  • Serbo-Croatian: dnevni red — temporally organized plan
  • Slovak: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Slovene: dnevni red — temporally organized plan
  • Spanish: programa — temporally organized plan
  • Spanish: plan — temporally organized plan
  • Spanish: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Swahili: ajenda — temporally organized plan
  • Swedish: agenda — temporally organized plan
  • Swedish: dagordning — temporally organized plan
  • Tagalog: tikmaan — temporally organized plan
  • Turkish: ajanda — temporally organized plan
  • Ukrainian: поря́док де́нний (porjádok dénnyj) — temporally organized plan
  • Ukrainian: програ́ма (prohráma) — temporally organized plan
  • Ukrainian: план (plan) — temporally organized plan
  • Ukrainian: аге́нда (ahénda) — temporally organized plan
  • Arabic: جَدْوَل (jadwal) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Arabic: جَدْوَلَ أَعْمَال (jadwala ʔaʕmāl) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Arabic: بَرْنَامَج (barnāmaj) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Armenian: օրակարգ (ōrakarg) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Azerbaijani: gündəm — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Belarusian: пара́дак дня (parádak dnja) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Belarusian: аджэ́нда (adžénda) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Bulgarian: дне́вен ред (dnéven red) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Catalan: ordre del dia — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 議程 /议程 (yìchéng) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 議事日程 /议事日程 (yìshì rìchéng) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Czech: program — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Czech: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Danish: dagsorden — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Danish: program — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Danish: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Dutch: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Dutch: programma — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Estonian: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Finnish: esityslista — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Finnish: asialista — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • French: ordre du jour — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • German: Tagesordnung — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • German: Agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Hebrew: סֵדֶר יוֹם (séder yom) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Hungarian: napirend — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Italian: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Japanese: 議題 (gidai) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Japanese: 議事 (giji) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Japanese: 議事日程 (gishi nittei) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Korean: 의제 (uije) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Korean: 의사일정 (uisailjeong) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Latvian: dienas kārtība — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Latvian: darba kārtība — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Lithuanian: darbotvarkė — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Macedonian: дневен ред (dneven red) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Māori: rārangi take — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Norman: agende — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Norwegian: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dagsorden — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Norwegian Bokmål: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Persian: آژندا (âžendâ) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Polish: porządek dzienny — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Polish: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Portuguese: pauta — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Romanian: ordine de zi — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Romanian: agendă — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Russian: пове́стка (povéstka) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Russian: пове́стка дня (povéstka dnja) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Russian: адже́нда (adžénda) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Russian: аге́нда (agénda) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Slovak: program — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Slovak: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Spanish: orden del día — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Spanish: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Spanish: temario — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Spanish: balotario — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Swahili: ajenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Swedish: agenda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Swedish: dagordning — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Swedish: föredragningslista — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Turkish: ajanda — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Ukrainian: поря́док де́нний (porjádok dénnyj) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Ukrainian: аге́нда (ahénda) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Ukrainian: адже́нда (adžénda) — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Vietnamese: nghị trình — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Vietnamese: chương trình nghị sự — list of matters to be taken up — see also order of the day
  • Arabic: جَدْوَل (jadwal) — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Arabic: أَجَنْدَة (ʔajanda) — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Arabic: مُخَطِّط اليَوْمِيّ (muḵaṭṭiṭ al-yawmiyy) — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Catalan: agenda — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Finnish: päivyri — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • French: agenda — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • German: Agenda — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Hebrew: יוֹמָן (yomán) — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Italian: agenda — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Romanian: agendă — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Spanish: agenda — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Spanish: memorándum — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Spanish: memorando — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Turkish: ajanda — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
  • Turkish: andaç — agenda book; notebook for organizing and planning
Real reading context

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