borrowed from Medieval Latin, in plural, "order of worship, list of matters to be dealt with (by an assembly), proceedings, affairs," from gerundive of Latin agere "to drive, do, carry out" — more at agent Agenda is an abbreviation agenda sunt or agendum est, gerundive forms in plural and singular respectively of the Latin verb ago, agere, egi, actum "to drive on, set in motion", for example of cattle
The word "agenda" is the Latin plural of "agendum," but almost no one treats it as plural
" More about "Agenda" "Agenda" is the Latin plural of the word "agendum
: a list or outline of things to be considered or done
of agere, act 1 Word Frequency agenda in American English (əˈdʒendə) noun (formally a pl of
Definition of agenda noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
” However, some people mistakenly use the word “agenda” as a plural noun, which is incorrect
(əˈdʒɛndə ) noun 1
The singular possessive form of “Agenda” is “Agenda’s”
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Irregular plurals
agenda noun plural, also used as singular (less commonly in singular agendum; agend) E17 Latin (plural of agendum, use as noun of gerundive of agere to do)
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As the word "criterion" is still in common use, "criteria" is retaining its plural status far more than "agenda" and "data," whose singular forms have largely disappeared
A similar case is datum and its plural data which is now commonly taken to be a collective singular and synonymous with 'information'
We create politicians motivated more on proving Agenda definition: a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc
It can mean a list of items for discussion at a meeting, a plan of action, or
Since an agenda, in the sense of a physical diary, is owned by one person or a team of people, a personal pronoun is usually added, so that it is referred to as “in my agenda”, “in her agenda”, and so on
Only time will tell whether it will reach the unquestioned acceptability of agenda
In English, the grammar law of subject-verb agreement states that the verb of a sentence must match the number of the subject
The plural forms are addenda or addendums, both are accepted
(singular/plural) In this way, "criteria" is following the same path as "agenda" and "data," both of which are routinely treated as singular words in modern English