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Office & Administration vocabulary · Meetings, Minutes & Memos

Agenda

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/əˈdʒendə/nounCore term

In office & administration, agenda means: A list of the topics to be discussed at a meeting, in the order they will be discussed, usually sent to participants beforehand.

In Turkish: gündem, toplantı gündemi

How it is used

Prepared by the organiser or an assistant and circulated before the meeting. Agenda items are numbered, and the last one is often AOB (any other business). People ask "What's on the agenda?" and say "Let's stick to the agenda."

Example sentences

  1. I'll send the agenda round by Wednesday, so let me know if you want to add anything.

  2. The office move is the first item on the agenda.

Common collocations

  • set the agenda
  • circulate the agenda
  • item on the agenda
  • stick to the agenda
  • draft agenda
  • minutesThe official written record of a meeting, listing who attended, what was discussed, what was decided and which actions were agreed.
  • AOBShort for any other business: the last item on a meeting agenda, when people can raise topics that were not listed.
  • chairTo lead a meeting by following the agenda, keeping discussion on track, giving people a turn to speak and making sure decisions are reached.
  • circulateTo send a document, such as an agenda, minutes or a memo, to all the people who need to see it.
  • meeting roomA room in an office used for meetings, usually with a table, chairs and a screen, which staff book in advance.

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