word-vault/dist/data/cards/ag/agenda.json

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{
    "term": "agenda",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a list of items to be discussed at a meeting",
            "sensetop": "on the agenda",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We have a very full agenda of issues to discuss."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget.",
                    "contextForm": "on the agenda"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A copy of the agenda is circulated to delegates a month before the conference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An 18-point agenda was drawn up for the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Safety at work is on the agenda for next month's meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The question of pay had been left off the agenda."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["five-point", "etc.", "hidden"],
                "verb + agenda": ["have", "agree on", "draw up"],
                "agenda + noun": ["item"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the agenda", "off the agenda", "agenda for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "firmly on the agenda",
                    "high on the agenda",
                    "an item on the agenda"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a plan of things to be done, or problems to be addressed",
            "sensetop": "on the agendaagenda for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In our company, quality is **high on the agenda**.",
                    "contextForm": "on the agenda"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have been trying to get the issue onto the **political agenda**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Child poverty has been **pushed off the agenda**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Education is now **at the top of the** government's **agenda** *(= most important)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cost-cutting is **top of the agenda** for the next quarter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pressure groups have been accused of trying to **set the agenda** for the government *(= decide what is important)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The college needs to draw up an agenda for change.",
                    "contextForm": "agenda for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is an ambitious agenda that will take time to implement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An expensive holiday is definitely off the agenda this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Next on the agenda is deciding where we're going to live."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party has a rather narrow political agenda."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have an agreed agenda for action."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were following an agenda set by the students themselves."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the intention behind what somebody says or does, that is often secret",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The artist is letting **his own agenda** affect what was meant to be a community project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were pursuing their own agenda."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not trying to push any agenda here."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒendə/",
                "audio": "ag/agenda/agenda__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈdʒendə/",
                "audio": "ag/agenda/agenda__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘things to be done’): from Latin, neuter plural of agendum, gerundive of agere ‘do’."
}