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Definition: AGENDA |
AGENDAPlural1. Of Agendum |
Date "AGENDA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | A prioritised list of pending activities, usually the applications of various pieces of knowledge. Source: European Union. (references) |
General | Subjects to be discussed at a meeting. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In simple terms, an agenda is a plan for a meeting.
Every meeting needs a PAL:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Agenda."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
List | Program, programme; syllabus; agenda, schedule, calendar, docket. |
Plan | Forecast, program(me), prospectus; carte du pays; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare; (food); base of operations; platform, plank, slate, ticket. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AGENDA |
| English words defined with "AGENDA": agenda item ♦ conference ♦ fare ♦ item ♦ menu ♦ point ♦ slot ♦ time slot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AGENDA": A.M., Agenda 21 ♦ CONS ♦ DIRECTOR, SECURITIES AND REAL ESTATE ♦ NSA line eater ♦ United States Global Change Research Program. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AGENDA": Agendum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AGENDA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (agenda, appointment, appointment book), Dutch (agenda, appointment book), French (agenda, appointment book, diary, notebook, organizer), German (agenda, appointment book), Indonesian (agenda), Italian (agenda, daybook, diary, personal organizer), Latin (things needing to be done), Portuguese (agenda, appointment book, diary, notebook, timetable), Spanish (agenda, appointment book, diary), Swedish (agenda). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I have my own agenda. Harvard: out. University of Utah: In. I am going to get a 4.0 in damage. (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.) Now my sister, she uses some kind of uh uh uh.. uhaloe vera with a little sunscreen in it, and ideally, we should all wear gloves when going to bed, but I found out that that creates a kind of an interference with my social agenda, you know what I mean. (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell) I think that's Italian for 'sneaky little brown noser with a hidden agenda. (The Lizzie McGuire Movie; writing credit: Susan Estelle Jansen; Ed Decter) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hidden Agenda (2002) Agenda 187 (1999) Alien Agenda 2 (1997) Hidden Agenda (1992) L' Agenda d'Agenor (1983) | |
Song Titles | Hidden Agenda (performing artist: The Foremen) | |
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Theater & Movies | |||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Number one on the U.N. agenda.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It will prepare the agenda for the meetings of the Conference. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Children with AS tend to be "in their own world" and preoccupied with their own agenda. (references) | |
It is thus appropriate that increasing calcium intake is a national health promotion and disease prevention objective in the Healthy People 2000 agenda (Department of Health and Human Services Publication Number 91.50212). Public health strategies to promote optimal calcium intake should have a broad outreach and should involve educators, health professionals, and the private and public sectors. (references) | ||
Business | China is ready to put engineering plastics high on its development agenda for the next decade. (references) | |
Aviation and airport infrastructure development are high on the Government of India's (GOI) agenda. (references) | ||
According to China's Agenda 21 project, agriculture must meet the highest possible output while ensuring the best environmental protection. (references) | ||
Children | Yemen | The new Minister of State for Human Rights stated in April that the issue of children's rights would be at the top of her agenda. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Korea | On occasion, when it serves its agenda, the Government allows foreign media to cover some events. (references) |
Kenya | The debate over the rights of the Mungiki to practice their cultural traditions and advance their political agenda is ongoing. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Republic | Fernandez' political agenda was one of economic and judicial reform. (references) |
France | The government has a strong influence in shaping the agenda of Parliament. (references) | |
Bolivia | Sanchez de Lozada pursued an aggressive economic and social reform agenda. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guyana | By year's end, the motion had not been placed on Parliament's agenda. (references) |
Mexico | He urged the Administration to expedite its reform agenda if it hopes to regain public trust in judicial institutions. (references) | |
Philippines | The Pentagon Gang, which reportedly also has kidnaped local civilians, has made no pretense of having a political or religious agenda. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | In February 2000, Papuan community and tribal leaders organized a "great consultation" of Papuan leaders to set an agenda for self-government and designate a Papuan Presidium Council to speak on behalf of Papuans. (references) |
Political Economy | Costa Rica | However, a few remaining cases continue to feature prominently on the bilateral agenda. (references) |
Croatia | Much of its legislative agenda has been and will continue to be focused on economic reform. (references) | |
Political Rights | Congo | Despite the Government's effort to control the National Consultation, the body did not accept the Government's agenda. (references) |
China | In general, the election and agenda of people's congresses at all levels remain under the firm control of the CCP, the paramount source of political authority. (references) | |
Kenya | M.P.'s are entitled to introduce legislation, but in practice it is generally the Attorney General who does so. The President significantly influences the legislative agenda. (references) | |
Trade | Honduras | The reduction of import duties has remained an important item on the agenda of the Central American countries since 1995. Regional integration suffered a setback in November 1999, however, when Nicaragua imposed a 35% tariff on all goods imported from Honduras in relation to a maritime boundary dispute. (references) |
Travel | Turkey | It is usually important to allow time for friendly conversation before commencing with a business agenda. (references) |
Vietnam | It is helpful to submit a meeting agenda, issues to be discussed and marketing material and/or technical information prior to the actual meeting. (references) | |
Women | Vietnam | The party-controlled Women's Union has a broad agenda to promote women's rights, including political, economic, and legal equality, and protection from spousal abuse. (references) |
Honduras | The agenda identified problems of discrimination in work (especially for domestic workers), politics, and land access; problems of domestic violence; and lack of access to education and health services. (references) | |
Chile | In the face of heavy opposition from the Catholic Church, the Chamber of Deputies approved a divorce bill in 1997; the bill faces Senate opposition but was still on the legislative agenda at year's end. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Costa Rica | Each participating ministry reportedly has incorporated preventive trafficking measures into its ministerial agenda. (references) |
Macau | Many local observers claim that this organization is more interested in furthering the Chinese political agenda than in addressing trade union issues such as wages, benefits, and working conditions. (references) | |
India | Approximately 90,000 children have been removed from work and have received education and stipends through IPEC programs since they began in the country in 1992. The NHRC, continuing its own child labor agenda, organized NGO programs to provide special schooling, rehabilitation, and family income supplements for children in the glass industry in Firozabad. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Card | I love Rob Portman. He's a terrific fellow. But I happen know that President Bush pushed very hard for his domestic agenda. |
Monica Lewinsky | Probably that I went to Washington with an agenda to seduce the president and then expose that relationship so I could become famous. |
Rush Limbaugh | The environment is a great way to advance a political agenda that favors central planning and an intrusive government. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Both the successes and the setbacks of the past year remain on our agenda of unfinished business. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We have finished a major part of the old agenda. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But there is an unfinished agenda still before the Congress. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Together, we can continue to advance our agenda for peace. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | A research and development agenda that includes record levels of Federal investment and a permanent tax credit to strengthen private R and D and create jobs. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I ask Congress to join me in pursuing an ambitious agenda to reduce the serious threat of weapons of mass destruction. |
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| "AGENDA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.89% of the time. "AGENDA" is used about 2,248 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.89% | 2,223 | 3,957 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.02% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (common) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,248 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "AGENDA": Agenda 21 ♦ agenda item ♦ be on the agenda ♦ hidden agenda ♦ on the agenda. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "AGENDA": agenda-setting. | |
Ending with "AGENDA": issue-agenda, non-agenda. | |
Containing "AGENDA": protocol-and-agenda-laden. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agenda séminaires étranger | 11 |
agenda france séminaires | 11 |
agenda salon étranger | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AGENDA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | agenda (appointment, appointment book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rend dite (agendas, calendar, docket, order paper), program (plan, platform, prog, program, programme, schedule, software). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جدول أعمال (organizer, protocol, schedule), برنامج (bill, card, emission, plan, platform, program, programme, schedule, scheme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бележник (aide-memoire, book, notebook, pad, pocket book, remembrancer, scratch pad, scribbling pad, writing pad), дневен ред (agendas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 議程 , 议程. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pořad jednání, denní program. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | agenda, dagsorden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | agenda (appointment book, diary), dagorde (appointment book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | agendo (appointment book), tagordo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | agenda, työjärjestys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ordre du jour, agenda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | wurklist, opskriuwboekje (appointment book, notebook), bûsboekje (appointment book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tagesordnung (order of the day), Agenda (appointment book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ημερήσια διάταξη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ס"ר "יום. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | napirend (calendar, order of the day, routine, schedule), lista (docket, list). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | agenda, acara (judicial procedure, procedural, program), tata acara, daftar pekerjaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ordine del giorno, agenda (daybook, diary, personal organizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 議題 (topic of discussion), 日程 , 会議事 , "議事 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎ い (topic of discussion), きょうぎじ"う, にってい, かいぎじ"う. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예 표. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | earroo obbyr, claare obbyr (platform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | agènda (appointment book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agendaay agenda (appointment book, diary, notebook, timetable), Ordem do Dia (ordinal). (various references) agendã (card, case book, notebook, pocket book), ordine de zi (order of the day, the business of the day, the business of the meeting), carnet de însemnãri. (various references) повестка дня (agendas, calendar, order of business, order paper). (various references) podsetnik (blotter, memo pad, reminder), dnevni red (timetable). (various references) orden del día (business of the day, order paper), agenda (appointment book, diary), dietario (appointment book). (various references) agenda, dagordning (order paper, program). (various references) gündem (appointment book, docket, journal, order book). (various references) gьn tertibi. (various references) порядок денний (calendar, order paper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AGENDA": agendaless, agendas. (additional references) | |
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"AGENDA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aabenraa, abend, aend, Aenea, Agaonidae, Agema, agena, agend, agende, agente, agentic, Agentur, aggenda, agina, Agneau, agona, agond, agonia, Agreda, Aguada, Agueda, ajenda, Alende, angenda, Arend, Aveda, Avenidad, Baganda, egend, fazenda, Gajendra, Galende, Gaventa, genda, hagenia, Nagendra, orenda. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AGENDA" (pronounced uje"ndu) |
| 4 | -e" n d u | hacienda, referenda. |
| 3 | -n d u | anaconda, Golconda, Honda, memoranda, panda, propaganda, rotunda, veranda. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-n" | |
-1 letter: adage. | |
-2 letters: aged, anga, dang, dean, egad, gaed, gaen, gane, nada. | |
-3 letters: aga, age, ana, and, ane, dag, den, end, eng, gad, gae, gan, ged, gen, nae, nag. | |
-4 letters: aa, ad, ae, ag, an, de, ed, en, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-n" | |
+1 letter: agendas, bandage, managed. | |
+2 letters: arranged, badinage, bandaged, bandager, bandages, drainage, endamage, fanegada, gadarene, gardenia, grandame, hangared, indagate, magdalen, seladang. | |
+3 letters: abnegated, advantage, angulated, appendage, arraigned, badinaged, badinages, bandagers, bargained, comanaged, drainages, endamaged, endamages, engarland, fanegadas, gabardine, gallanted, gardenias, garlanded, gasconade, grandames, harangued, hydrangea, indagated, indagates, magdalene, magdalens, navigated, orangeade, paganised, paganized, paginated, paragoned, rangeland, regardant, seladangs, stagehand, stagnated, tragedian, unbandage, undamaged, unmanaged. | |
+4 letters: advantaged, advantages, agendaless, aggrandise, aggrandize, anagrammed, analogized, anecdotage, antedating, appendages, bemadaming, brigandage, campaigned, chargehand, deaerating, disarrange, dragonhead, endamaging, engarlands, eradiating, escalading, gabardines, galavanted, galivanted, galvanised, galvanized, gasconaded, gasconader, gasconades, granulated, guaranteed, guarantied, hydrangeas, magdalenes, marginated, mismanaged, orangeades, quadrangle, rangelands, readapting, rearranged, redamaging, sandbagged, sandbagger, shanghaied, smaragdine, stagehands, tragedians, unassuaged, unbandaged, unbandages, vagabonded. | |
+5 letters: admeasuring, aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandized, aggrandizer, aggrandizes, anecdotages, antagonized, brigandages, calendaring, chargehands, damascening, daydreaming, deadheading, deadpanning, deaminating, defalcating, degradation, demarcating, devaluating, devastating, diagnosable, diagonalize, diamagnetic, disarranged, disarranges, dragonheads, engarlanded, eradicating, gallivanted, gasconaders, gradualness, grandaddies, grandbabies, grandfather, grandmaster, grandparent, haggardness, halogenated, inaugurated, ingratiated, invaginated, laggardness, mastheading, nongraduate, overmanaged, plantigrade, preadapting, prearranged, quadrangles, reradiating, sandbaggers, sandglasses, uncataloged, vagabondage. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 47 45 4E 44 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. . -. -.. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000111 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A G E N D A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0047 0045 004E 0044 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)354139483835 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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