agendum
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin agendum, substantive use of the neuter singular of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of agō (“I do, act, make”).
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Noun [edit]
agendum (plural agenda or agendums)
- (obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
Usage notes [edit]
Agendum is a word now so common in the plural that its plural form agenda is now generally taken to be a collective singular form, with the special meaning of a list of tasks which are to be done. A similar case is datum and its plural data which is now commonly taken to be a collective singular and synonymous with 'information'.
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