to-do list
See also: todo list
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]to‐do list (plural to-do lists)
- A list of errands and other tasks – often written on a piece of paper as a memory aid – that one needs or intends to accomplish.
- Synonyms: agenda, tasklist, worklist
- Hyponyms: (types) honey do list, punch list, snagging list; (priority levels) hotlist, warmlist; shortlist, longlist
- Mowing the lawn and chopping the weeds topped his to-do list of chores.
- 2024 June 12, Philip Haigh, “Rail reform is the first big test for incoming rail ministers”, in RAIL, number 1011, page 38:
- Meanwhile, the Transport Select Committee published its final report on May 28, suggesting that the next government would "inherit an already long to-do list" - headed by rail reform, but also including clarity around future rail infrastructure investment.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: to-dolijst (partial calque)
- → Dutch: tedoenlijst (calque)
Translations
[edit]list of errands
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