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to-do list en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /təˈduː.lɪst/

Meanings

1. 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.
   • Back in his workshop in the barn, Mr. Scheel refined his to-do list: In addition to putting in the slide, he could cross off restoning the quarter-mile driveway, repairing the windmill-powered watering system and building an arbor gate for the vegetable garden . 2007 September 14, Jill P. Capuzzo, “Between Film Sets, Life on Gossamer Lake”, in New York Times:
   • I want to make that strawman into a steelman, but I eliminated "the pursuit of happiness" from my to-do list so many years ago that I don't even know where I'd begin. 2012 July 7, Guy Srinivasan, “Wireheading Steelman”, in lw-seattle (Usenet):
   • Mowing the lawn and chopping the weeds topped his to-do list of chores.
   • 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. 2024 June 12, Philip Haigh, “Rail reform is the first big test for incoming rail ministers”, in RAIL, number 1011, page 38:

Forms

Descendants

tedoenlijst · to-dolijst

Relateds

shopping list · wish list · checklist · inbox · laundry list · bucket list

Synonyms

agenda · worklist · tasklist

Translations (30)

nl to-dolijst (list of errands) · cmn 任務一覽表 /任务一览表 (list of errands) · nb gjøremålsliste (list of errands) · ko 할 일 목록 (list of errands) · pl lista zadań (list of errands) · eo farendaĵoj-listo (list of errands) · nb huskeliste (list of errands) · de Aufgabenliste (list of errands) · tr yapılacaklar listesi (list of errands) · es lista de quehaceres (list of errands) · hu tennivalók (list of errands) · sv att-göra-lista (list of errands) · ca llista de coses per fer (list of errands) · cmn 待辦清單 /待办清单 (list of errands) · fi tehtävälista (list of errands) · ru спи́сок дел (list of errands) · nn hugseliste (list of errands) · de To-do-Liste (list of errands) · ja やることリスト (list of errands) · az edilməlilər siyahısı (list of errands) · pl lista spraw (list of errands) · ca llista de tasques (list of errands) · cmn 任務清單 /任务清单 (list of errands) · az ediləcəklər siyahısı (list of errands) · cmn 待辦事項 /待办事项 (list of errands) · fi muistilista (list of errands) · pt lista de afazeres (list of errands) · fr liste de choses à faire (list of errands) · fr liste de tâches (list of errands) · nl takenlijst (list of errands)