agenda
noun
Simple meaning
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
əˈdʒɛndə
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
figurative
An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Used this way, agenda is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- schedule , more formal, and heavier in everyday conversation
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use agenda
- “The main item on the agenda is the budget proposal.”noun
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