agenda

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda, future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda (plural agendas)

  1. (now rare) Plural form of agendum
  2. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
      Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
  3. A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
  4. A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
    • 2005, Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue, A Parent's Guide To Special Education: Insider Advice On How To Navigate The System And Help Your Child Succeed, ISBN 0814472834, page 145
      A homework agenda, sometimes called a student planner, is a notebook often used to help your child keep track of daily homework assignments.
    • 2011, Spencer Marc Aronfeld, Make It Your Own Law Firm: The Ultimate Law Student's Guide to Owning, Managing, and Marketing Your Own Successful Law Firm, AuthorHouse, page 12
      It may be better to simply buy an agenda at the drug store for five dollars, but you need to keep this stuff accurate.
    • 2011, David Campos, Rocio Delgado, Mary Esther Huerta, Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners, ISBN 1416612726, page 160
      The children will use an agenda book that the school provides to organize their homework information. Before leaving for home, the children will neatly write their assignments and related directions in their agendas.

Usage notes [edit]

The word agenda is the Latin plural of agendum, but in English the word agenda is taken as a singular, and item on the agenda used for individual things in the list.

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Translations [edit]

temporally organized plan
list of matters to be taken up

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (Eastern Catalan) IPA: [əˈʒendə]
  • (Western Catalan) IPA: [aˈtʃenda]

Noun [edit]

agenda f (plural agendes)

  1. agenda; calendar (a list of planned events, organized by time)
  2. planner (a notebook in which one keeps notations of appointments and contacts)
  3. agenda (a list of planned items for discussion at a meeting)
  4. (economics) A list of planned projects that are to be done as funds become available.

Hyponyms [edit]

  • (a list of planned events, organized by time): calendari (“a list of planned events for a given year”)

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Dutch agendaboec, itself from Latin agenda (“things which ought to be done”) (from the verb agō (“act, do”)) + boec (“book”) (modern Dutch boek).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda m (plural agenda's, diminutive agendaatje)

  1. A calendar, an organizer, a booklet or other device where one notes down one’s schedule, appointments etc.
  2. An agenda (list of matters at a meeting)

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Finnish [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda

  1. An agenda

Declension [edit]

Declension of agenda (type kala)
singular plural
nominative agenda agendat
genitive agendan agendojen
agendain1
partitive agendaa agendoja
accusative agenda
agendan		 agendat
inessive agendassa agendoissa
elative agendasta agendoista
illative agendaan agendoihin
adessive agendalla agendoilla
ablative agendalta agendoilta
allative agendalle agendoille
essive agendana agendoina
translative agendaksi agendoiksi
instructive – agendoin
abessive agendatta agendoitta
comitative – agendoineen
1) Rare.   

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda m (plural agendas)

  1. organiser, appointment book, engagement book.

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda f (plural agende)

  1. diary
  2. planner (notebook)

Latin [edit]

Participle [edit]

agenda

  1. nominative feminine singular of agendus
  2. nominative neuter plural of agendus
  3. accusative neuter plural of agendus
  4. vocative feminine singular of agendus
  5. vocative neuter plural of agendus

agendā

  1. ablative feminine singular of agendus

Norwegian [edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia nb

Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Noun [edit]

agenda m

  1. agenda

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of agenda
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m agenda agendaen agendaer agendaene
Nynorsk m agenda agendaen agendaer agendaene

References [edit]

  • “agenda” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda f (plural agendas)

  1. schedule (time-based plan of events)
  2. booklet where an schedule is kept.
  3. planner; a personal phone book; an organizer

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Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).

Noun [edit]

agenda f (plural agendas)

  1. An agenda

Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

agenda c

  1. an agenda

Declension [edit]

Declension of agenda
singular plural
common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative agenda agendan agendor agendorna
genitive agendas agendans agendors agendornas

Usage notes [edit]

  • The agenda for a meeting is normally called dagordning. The word agenda is more often used in the abstract sense of somebody's "political agenda".
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