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Matters arising

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, matters arising means: An agenda section for following up relevant issues from the minutes of an earlier meeting.

In Turkish: önceki toplantıdan kalan konular

How it is used

Used as an agenda heading after reviewing previous minutes; unrelated new issues usually belong elsewhere.

Example sentences

  1. Under matters arising, we will check whether the replacement printer has been ordered.

    The meeting follows up a purchasing issue discussed previously.

  2. Please list the unresolved room-booking issue under matters arising.

    An unfinished issue from earlier minutes returns to the agenda.

Common collocations

  • matters arising from the minutes
  • discuss matters arising
  • under matters arising
  • agendaA list of the topics to be discussed at a meeting, in the order they will be discussed, usually sent to participants beforehand.
  • minutesThe official written record of a meeting, listing who attended, what was discussed, what was decided and which actions were agreed.

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