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agendum

American  
[uh-jen-duhm] / əˈdʒɛn dəm /

noun

  • agenda,
    plural
  • agendums
    plural
  1. an agenda.

  2. something that is to be done.

  3. an item on an agenda.


Usage

See agenda.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of agendum

1895–1900; < Latin, gerund of agere to do

Example Sentences

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Principal agendum of the pages standing at the rostrum steps was to lift the train of each ascending delegate with combined dexterity, good timing and discretion.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next most important agendum was the division of reparations so far received, a matter complicated by profits derived from the Ruhr occupation, seizures made, deliveries in kind received, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a principal agendum of the conference is the limitation of submarines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their main agendum was to pronounce their complete independence of men.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman

To this perfection it is, therefore, bound, as the fundamental science, to attain, and to it the maxim may justly be applied: Nil actum reputans, si quid superesset agendum.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

“RRL in our view is telegraphing that M&A remains high on the agenda, and we believe is likely to be an active participant in any auctions of assets that come to market,” says the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

On the agenda for Friday was the inaugural meeting of what is being called a "China-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue Mechanism".

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The agenda item noted that ICE agents removed more than 16,000 people from San Diego County between January 2025 and April 2026.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

“They put on the agenda that they were going to discuss a conversation that the mayor had with the county judge and a developer of a possible data center going to our area,” she says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

You are the teacher, and you set the agenda.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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