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agenda | mission |

As nouns the difference between agenda and mission

is that agenda is plural of lang=en while mission is a set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.

As a verb mission is

to send to a mission.

agenda

English

(wikipedia agenda)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
  • Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
  • A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
  • A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
  • * 2005 , Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue, A Parent's Guide To Special Education: Insider Advice On How To Navigate The System And Help Your Child Succeed , ISBN 0814472834, page 145
  • A homework agenda , sometimes called a student planner, is a notebook often used to help your child keep track of daily homework assignments.
  • * 2011 , Spencer Marc Aronfeld, Make It Your Own Law Firm: The Ultimate Law Student's Guide to Owning, Managing, and Marketing Your Own Successful Law Firm , AuthorHouse, page 12
  • It may be better to simply buy an agenda at the drug store for five dollars, but you need to keep this stuff accurate.
  • * 2011 , David Campos, Rocio Delgado, Mary Esther Huerta, Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners , ISBN 1416612726, page 160
  • The children will use an agenda book that the school provides to organize their homework information. Before leaving for home, the children will neatly write their assignments and related directions in their agendas .

    Usage notes

    The word agenda'' is the Latin plural of ''agendum'', but in English the word ''agenda'' is usually taken as a singular, and ''item on the agenda used for individual things in the list.

    Synonyms

    * (temporally organized plan) docket, worklist, schedule

    Derived terms

    * hidden agenda

    mission

    Noun

  • (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
  • (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
  • (uncountable) (the missions) collective term for third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
  • (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
  • A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.
  • (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
  • A work.
  • Derived terms

    * diplomatic mission * intermission * intromission * mission creep * mission impossible * mission mix * mission statement * permanent mission * permission * remission * space mission * transmission

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To send to a mission.