meeting agenda

Meaning

A list of items, topics, or activities to be discussed or completed during a meeting. It is shared beforehand to help participants prepare and keep the meeting organized and on time.

Examples

• Did you receive the meeting agenda for tomorrow's project review?

  Did you receive the meeting agenda for tomorrow's project review?

• We have a lot of items on the meeting agenda today, so let's start on time.

  We have a lot of items on the meeting agenda today, so let's start on time.

• Please add the budget discussion to the meeting agenda before you send it out.

  Please add the budget discussion to the meeting agenda before you send it out.

• According to the meeting agenda, we should spend fifteen minutes on marketing.

  According to the meeting agenda, we should spend fifteen minutes on marketing.

• She prepared a clear meeting agenda to keep the discussion focused.

  She prepared a clear meeting agenda to keep the discussion focused.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to write the meeting schedule.

  ✓ We need to write the meeting agenda.

  A 'schedule' refers to times and dates of events, whereas an 'agenda' refers specifically to the list of topics to be discussed in a meeting.

• ✗ I put this topic in the meeting program.

  ✓ I put this topic on the meeting agenda.

  In business contexts, we use 'agenda' rather than 'program' for meeting topics, and the correct preposition is 'on the agenda' rather than 'in'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Could you please email the ___ to everyone before the call?

  💡 The list of topics to be discussed.

  Show answer

  meeting agenda

• The first item on the ___ is the quarterly budget.

  💡 The plan or list of topics for our meeting.

  Show answer

  meeting agenda