agenda
agenda
Definition
agen·da (ə jen′də)
noun pl. -·das
program of things to be done; specif., a list of things to be dealt with at a meeting
Etymology: L, neut. pl. of agendum, ger. of agere, act
agenda
Synonyms
agenda
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- modernize: Consistently strong performance in meeting national service priorities and improvement targets and carrying forward the Government's modernizing agenda for social services.
- pursue: In any event, we are rigorously pursuing the agenda of economic reform within Europe with our European partners.
- dominate: Peace and security, as well as aid issues, increasingly dominate the geopolitical agenda.
- set: Worse, the big corporations really set the agenda.
- push: A new volume from McAdam, Tilly and Tarrow promises to push this agenda further.
- embrace: There are also a number of other initiatives DCMS should consider to encourage public library services to actively embrace the social inclusion agenda.
Preposition: for
- meeting: Build time for reflections into the agenda for project meetings.
Adjective modifier
- hidden: Nothing is decided in advance; there are no hidden agendas.
- neo-liberal: It is all about tying us even more tightly to the neo-liberal agenda.
- political: They are still failing to come to terms with today's political agenda, never mind thinking ahead to tomorrow's.
- ambitious: The company led by its Managing Director, Roger Johnson, has a highly ambitious agenda of growth over the next decade.
- broad: The recommendations will feed into the broader policy agenda being developed by the EU and its member states.
- challenging: It sets out a challenging agenda for Departments in terms of identifying their major impacts, planning improvements, and monitoring and reporting performance.
Modifies a noun
- item: Agenda item 5: Draft DPTAC Annual Report 2004 28.
Noun used with modifier
- modernisation: What's more, we were among the first wave of Foundation Trusts and are at the forefront of the modernisation agenda.
- reform: The role of VCOs in the public service reform agenda is about more than delivery.
- inclusion: Significant improvements in bus services throughout the country are plugged in directly to the social inclusion agenda.
- sustainability: In their planning, the sustainability agenda is way down the list of priorities.
- equality: The old, traditionally Protestant, industries are in decline or are increasingly being challenged through the equality agenda.
- regeneration: It is a job that would put her at the heart of the regeneration agenda, providing a good opportunity for networking.
agenda Quotes
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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