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a list of things you'll abandon the moment the meeting actually starts
means a list of items or topics to be discussed or accomplished, especially at a meeting, or more broadly someone's underlying plan or motive.
from Straight from Latin, where agenda meant "things to be done" — the neuter plural of agendum, from the verb agere, "to do, drive, act" (the same root that powers "agent," "act," and "agile"). It entered English in the 17th century, and though it began life as a plural, English quietly demoted it to a singular noun — so we now speak of "an agenda," technically meaning "a single batch of things to be done."
- latin root
- means literally 'things to be done'
- grammatically
- technically plural; agendum is the lonely singular
- hidden agenda
- the only kind that ever changes anything
- first item
- often 'approval of previous agenda'
- meeting math
- length expands to fill time allotted
world economic forum — annual gathering in davos, switzerland since 1971 with 2,500+ global leaders setting economic priorities
project 2025 — heritage foundation's detailed policy agenda for u.s. government released before 2024 election