You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda.
Does television set the agenda on foreign policy? [+ on]
Many of the coalition members could have their own political agendas.
The Danish president will put environmental issues high on the agenda.
2. See also hidden agenda
3. countable noun
An agenda is a list of the items that have to be discussed at a meeting.
This is sure to be an item on the agenda next week.
Synonyms: programme, list, plan, schedule More Synonyms of agenda
agenda in British English
(əˈdʒɛndə)
noun
1. Also called: agendum(functioning as singular)
a schedule or list of items to be attended to
2. Also called: agendas, agendums(functioning as plural)
matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
Word origin
C17: Latin, literally: things to be done, from agere to do
agenda in American English
(əˈdʒɛndə)
nounWord forms: pluralaˈgendas
program of things to be done; specif., a list of things to be dealt with at a meeting
Word origin
L, neut. pl. of agendum, ger. of agere, act1
More idioms containing
agenda
a hidden agenda
COBUILD Collocations
agenda
ambitious agenda
domestic agenda
green agenda
liberal agenda
push an agenda
radical agenda
reform agenda
top the agenda
Examples of 'agenda' in a sentence
agenda
Calls for alternative settlements for the devolved administrations are on the agenda for the meeting.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Housing has risen up the political agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ministers thought the public needed protection against their charitable contributions being used to further political agendas they might not endorse.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The Tory government have effectively set aside the democratic process to pursue their own narrow political agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Top teams get the whole team involved in setting the agenda.
Christianity Today (2000)
Marriage is now higher up his agenda than environmental concerns.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The issue has jumped to the top of the political agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Two items on the agenda particularly catch the eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We also need a clear and positive policy agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The agenda is sent to each committee member before the meeting.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
Housing is moving up the political agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There were big items on the agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His policy agenda includes too many populist measures.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But there are far more urgent items on the political and economic agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The first item on the agenda is digital projection equipment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Quickly the hyperbole subsided as he struggled to make an impact or carve out a distinctive policy agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What other agenda is being set?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The extremists are setting the agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The policy agenda has been set.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was not a strong leader in the conventional sense, and lacked a compelling political agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Adoption finds itself top of the political agenda this week, and rightly so.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Most GPs accept you may have a couple of items on your agenda.
The Sun (2016)
The policy agenda is so crowded that April seems a long way away.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Agenda The meeting needs an agenda or at least some form of agreement about what is to be discussed.
Torrington, Derek Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
In other languages
agenda
British English: agenda /əˈdʒɛndə/ NOUN
An agenda is a list of items to be discussed at a meeting.
This will be an item on the agenda next week.
American English: agenda
Arabic: جَدْوَل الَأعْمال
Brazilian Portuguese: agenda
Chinese: 日程
Croatian: dnevni red
Czech: pořad jednání
Danish: dagsorden
Dutch: agenda
European Spanish: agenda
Finnish: esityslista
French: ordre du jour
German: Tagesordnung
Greek: ατζέντα
Italian: agenda
Japanese: 議事日程
Korean: 의제
Norwegian: dagsorden
Polish: porządek obrad
European Portuguese: agenda
Romanian: ordine de zi
Russian: повестка дня
Latin American Spanish: agenda
Swedish: agenda
Thai: วาระการประชุม
Turkish: gündem
Ukrainian: порядок денний
Vietnamese: chương trình nghị sự
All related terms of 'agenda'
agendum
→ agenda
green agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
hidden agenda
If you say that someone has a hidden agenda , you are criticizing them because you think they are secretly trying to achieve or cause a particular thing, while they appear to be doing something else.
reform agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
domestic agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
liberal agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
radical agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
ambitious agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
push an agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
top the agenda
You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda .
a hidden agenda
a situation in which someone secretly tries to achieve a particular thing while they appear to be doing something else