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agenda

/əˈdʒɛndə/

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Relax the vowels before and after “jen.”

The second syllable begins with the j sound in job and has the main stress. Both surrounding written a letters are schwa here.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2

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“The budget is on today's agenda.”

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What does agenda mean?

noun

  1. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
  2. A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
  3. A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. (figuratively) An ulterior motive; a program of various such motives.
  2. (obsolete) A ritual.
  3. (archaic) plural of agendum

verb

  1. To add an item to an official schedule.

proper noun

  1. A city and village in Kansas, United States.
  2. A town in Wisconsin, United States.
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IPA pronunciation

/əˈdʒɛndə/

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