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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

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

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

Locus ad agendum amplissimus: A place very honourable to plead in.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech

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

That means that you can set the narrative, you can set the agenda, you can disparage your opponent.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Plans had been formally scrapped three years ago, although a year later the then Labour Transport Secretary Ken Skates suggested it was back on the agenda.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Right now, they’re in the midst of thinking about crafting a legislative agenda, knowing affordability, including housing costs, will be a core issue in the midterm elections, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

On the agenda were topics ranging from cybersecurity at a time of increasing geopolitical risk, to financial crime policy as a national security tool, to digital sovereignty in the tech supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

As part of his social agenda, the Captain abolished the worst aspects of the company-store system in Coalwood.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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