SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS

agenda

noun

A list of matters to address, or a plan of aims that guides someone's actions.

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Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.

Planned matters or aims

Closest synonyms

program plan schedule docket order of business

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Usage distinction

A meeting agenda lists business; a personal agenda can mean underlying aims rather than a timetable.

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The first item on the committee's agenda was the exhibition budget.

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The community garden committee's agenda listed seeds, tools, and weekend opening hours, but not the noise from evening gatherings.

From The Committee Finds Its Voice.

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