agenda

The word “agenda” means a list of items to be discussed or dealt with, especially at a meeting. In plain terms, a list of things to discuss or do, or (less neutrally) someone's underlying motive.

“Agenda” is pronounced uh-JEHN-duh (/əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ in IPA).

Here is “agenda” used in a sentence: “The first item on the agenda was the budget.”

“Agenda” is a noun.

The word “agenda” comes from Latin. From Latin agenda, literally "things that must be done" — the plural gerundive of agere ("to do, act").

“Agenda” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Agenda” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a list of items to be discussed or dealt with, especially at a meeting.

An agenda is the list of items to be discussed at a meeting, prepared beforehand, while minutes are the written record of what was actually said and decided, produced afterward. In short, the agenda plans the meeting and the minutes report it.

In modern English "agenda" is treated as a singular noun with the plural "agendas," as in "two agendas." Although it began as a Latin plural, saying "an agenda" and "the agendas were long" is now standard.

You typically "set," "draw up," or "prepare" an agenda before a meeting, "follow" or "stick to" it during, and put an item "on the agenda." These collocations describe planning and controlling what a meeting covers.