agenda

A list of things to discuss, do, or deal with.

• Please send me the meeting agenda.
• What is next on the agenda?
• We added two items to the agenda.

How to use it: on the agenda (The budget is the first item on the agenda.)

Common phrases: meeting agenda, on the agenda, set the agenda, agenda item

A personal aim behind someone’s actions, sometimes kept secret.

• Does he have a hidden agenda?
• She used the interview to promote her political agenda.
• Everyone at the meeting seemed to have their own agenda.

Similar words: aim, purpose

Common phrases: hidden agenda, political agenda, own agenda

A plan showing when particular things will be done.

• Our agenda includes lunch with the visitors.
• We have a busy agenda for the week.
• The afternoon agenda leaves time for a short walk.

How to use it: agenda for something (The agenda for tomorrow includes three factory visits.)

Similar words: schedule, programme, plan

Common phrases: daily agenda, busy agenda, agenda for today