order of the day

Noun

Meaning

the order of business for an assembly on a given day

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

program bill plan card calendar schedule curriculum agenda listing directory lineup checklist order of business timetable memoranda
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Hypernyms

agenda agendum order of business

Hyponyms

order paper order book

Examples

At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue - the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours. Studs Terkel

We have no idea what waits for us out there. We did not choose this situation, and whatever manner of creature or accident has stranded us here did not take much notice of our welfare. I would say nice moral questions are beside the point, and that pragmatism is the order of the day. Arthur C. Clarke

I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday. Tom Hodgkinson

Since we tend to see ourselves primarily in the light of our intentions, which are invisible to others, while we see others mainly in the light of their actions, which are visible to us, we have a situation in which misunderstanding and injustice are the order of the day. John G. Bennett

Throughout the world, change is the order of the day. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Terror, salutary terror, is here in truth the order of the day. Joseph Fouché

Close letter words and terms

order of symmetry order of the boot order of the court order of the general court Order of the Purple Heart order of the temple