different between controversial vs agenda

English

Etymology

Latin controversia (“controversy”) + -al; see controversy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.tr??v??.??l/, /?k?n.t???v??.sj?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t???v?.??l/
• Hyphenation: con?tro?ver?sial

Adjective

controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial)

1. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

   • Whole libraries of controversial books.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

• controversial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• controversial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Spanish

Adjective

controversial (plural controversiales)

1. (Latin America) controversial

   Synonym: controvertido

Derived terms

• controversialmente

Related terms

• controversia

Further reading

• “controversial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of ag? (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

agenda (plural agendas or (rare, proscribed) agendae)

1. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
   • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]

     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.

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.
   • 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, 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, 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.

4. A hidden agenda.
5. (obsolete) A ritual.

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

• agenda-setting
• hidden agenda

Translations

Noun

agenda

1. (now rare) plural of agendum

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of ag? (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /???en.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?d??en.da/

Noun

agenda f (plural agendes)

1. agenda; calendar (a list of planned events, organized by time)
2. planner (a notebook in which one keeps notations of appointments and contacts)
3. agenda (a list of planned items for discussion at a meeting)
4. (economics) A list of planned projects that are to be done as funds become available.

Hyponyms

• (a list of planned events, organized by time): calendari (“a list of planned events for a given year”)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch agendaboec, itself from Latin agenda (“things which ought to be done”) (from the verb ag? (“act, do”)) + boec (“book”) (modern Dutch boek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????n.da?/, /a????n.da?/
• Hyphenation: agen?da
• Rhymes: -?nda?

Noun

agenda m (plural agenda's, diminutive agendaatje n)

1. A calendar (book), a diary, a booklet or other device where one notes down one’s schedule, appointments etc.

   Synonym: dagwijzer

2. An agenda (list of matters at a meeting)

Derived terms

• agendaseks
• schoolagenda

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agenda
• ? Indonesian: agenda

See also

• kalender

Anagrams

• gaande, gedaan

Finnish

Noun

agenda

1. An agenda

Declension

French

Etymology

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of ag? (“I do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.???.da/

Noun

agenda m (plural agendas)

1. organiser, appointment book, engagement book

Derived terms

• agenda de ministre

Descendants

• ? Turkish: ajanda

Further reading

• “agenda” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agenda, from Latin agenda (“things that ought to be done”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a??n.da]
• Hyphenation: agèn?da

Noun

agènda (plural agenda-agenda, first-person possessive agendaku, second-person possessive agendamu, third-person possessive agendanya)

1. agenda,
   1. A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
   2. A list of matters to be taken up.

      Synonym: acara

Further reading

• “agenda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

agenda f (plural agende)

1. diary
2. planner (notebook)

   Synonym: taccuino

3. (figuratively) agenda

Latin

Participle

agenda

1. nominative feminine singular of agendus
2. nominative neuter plural of agendus
3. accusative neuter plural of agendus
4. vocative feminine singular of agendus
5. vocative neuter plural of agendus

Participle

agend?

1. ablative feminine singular of agendus

References

• agenda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Malay

Etymology

From English agenda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [a.?en.da]
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ä.d??en.dä]

Noun

agenda (Jawi spelling ???????, plural agenda-agenda, informal 1st possessive agendaku, impolite 2nd possessive agendamu, 3rd possessive agendanya)

1. agenda.

Further reading

• “agenda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Noun

agenda m (definite singular agendaen, indefinite plural agendaer, definite plural agendaene)

1. an agenda

References

• “agenda” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Noun

agenda m (definite singular agendaen, indefinite plural agendaer or agendaar, definite plural agendaene or agendaane)

1. an agenda

References

• “agenda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin agenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a???n.da/

Noun

agenda f (diminutive agendka)

1. branch, department

   Synonyms: filia, oddzia?

2. agenda, schedule

   Synonym: terminarz

Declension

Further reading

• agenda in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• agenda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin agenda.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?gen?da

Noun

agenda f (plural agendas)

1. schedule (time-based plan of events)
2. agenda (booklet where a schedule is kept)
3. planner (a personal phone book)

Related terms

• agendar, agendamento

Verb

agenda

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of agendar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of agendar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin agenda, substantive use of the neuter plural of agendus (“which ought to be done”), future passive participle (gerundive) of ag? (“to do, to act, to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?xenda/, [a?x?n?.d?a]

Noun

agenda f (plural agendas)

1. agenda, planner (notebook)
2. agenda (list of matters to be taken up)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “agenda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).

Pronunciation

Noun

agenda c

1. an agenda

Usage notes

• The agenda for a meeting is normally called dagordning. The word agenda is more often used in the abstract sense of somebody's "political agenda".

Declension

Anagrams

• agande