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AGENDUM
agenda, agendum, order of business
(noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
agendum (plural agenda or agendums)
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
Usage notes
Agendum is a word now so common in the plural that its plural form agenda is now generally taken to be a collective singular form, with the special meaning of a list of tasks which are to be done. A similar case is datum and its plural data which is now commonly taken to be a collective singular and synonymous with 'information'.
Anagrams
• gudeman
Source: Wiktionary
A*gen"dum, n.; pl. Agenda. Etym: [L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act.]
1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.
2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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