the first item on the agenda

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• agenda — 01. Can I add something to our [agenda] for tomorrow s meeting? 02. Looking at the [agenda], I d say it ll probably be a long meeting. 03. So, what s on your [agenda] for the kids today? 04. The Reform Party doesn t seem to have any real… …   Grammatical examples in English

• item — i‧tem [ˈaɪtəm] noun [countable] 1. a single thing, especially something that is for sale: • The CD used to be considered a luxury item. • stores selling non food items 2. ACCOUNTING a piece of information written in a set of accounts …   Financial and business terms

• agenda — a‧gen‧da [əˈdʒendə] noun [countable] 1. a list of the subjects to be discussed at a meeting: • What s the first item on the agenda? • High on the agenda of today’s meeting of the G8 is global warming. 2. a list of things that someone considers… …   Financial and business terms

• Agenda-setting theory — states that the news media have a large influence on audiences, in terms of what stories to consider newsworthy and how much prominence and space to give them.[1] Agenda setting theory’s main postulate is salience transfer. Salience transfer is… …   Wikipedia

• agenda — (n.) 1650s, from L. agenda, lit. things to be done, neuter plural of agendus, gerundive of agere to do (see ACT (Cf. act) (n.)). Originally theological (opposed to matters of belief), sense of items of business to be done at a meeting first… …   Etymology dictionary

• agenda — noun (C) 1 a list of the subjects to be discussed at a meeting: on the agenda: the first item on the agenda 2 be on the agenda if something is on the agenda, you are planning to do something about it: be on top of the agenda/be high on the agenda …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• item — 01. I read an interesting [item] in the newspaper about how cloning may be used to grow human organs for transplant in the future. 02. You should make up a list of the [items] you want to take with you on your trip. 03. We need to make up an… …   Grammatical examples in English

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• first thing — initial matter, first item on the agenda …   English contemporary dictionary

• agenda — 1. The essential plurality of this word (= things to be done) has been worn to extinction by usage. Its dominant sense now is ‘a list of items of business to be considered at a meeting, etc.’ and it is often used in extended or figurative… …   Modern English usage