"to-do list" meaning in English

See to-do list in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: to‐do list [canonical], to-do lists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=to‐do list}} to‐do list (plural to-do lists)
  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. Synonyms: agenda, tasklist, worklist Related terms: bucket list, checklist, laundry list, shopping list, wish list, inbox Translations (list of errands): ediləcəklər siyahısı (Azerbaijani), edilməlilər siyahısı (Azerbaijani), llista de tasques [feminine] (Catalan), llista de coses per fer [feminine] (Catalan), 待辦事項 (Chinese Mandarin), 待办事项 (dàibàn shìxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 任務一覽表 (Chinese Mandarin), 任务一览表 (rènwù yīlǎnbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 任務清單 (Chinese Mandarin), 任务清单 (rènwù qīngdān) (Chinese Mandarin), 待辦清單 (Chinese Mandarin), 待办清单 (dàibàn qīngdān) (Chinese Mandarin), takenlijst [feminine] (Dutch), to-dolijst [feminine] (Dutch), farendaĵoj-listo (Esperanto), tehtävälista (Finnish), muistilista (Finnish), liste de tâches [feminine] (French), liste de choses à faire [feminine] (French), Aufgabenliste [feminine] (German), To-do-Liste [feminine] (German), やることリスト (yaru koto risuto) (Japanese), 할 일 목록 (hal il mongnok) (Korean), gjøremålsliste [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), huskeliste [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hugseliste [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lista zadań [feminine] (Polish), lista spraw (Polish), lista de afazeres [feminine] (Portuguese), спи́сок дел (spísok del) [masculine] (Russian), lista de quehaceres [feminine] (Spanish), att-göra-lista (Swedish), yapılacaklar listesi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "list of errands",
          "word": "ediləcəklər siyahısı"
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "list of errands",
          "word": "待办事项"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "list of errands",
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        },
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "list of errands",
          "word": "tehtävälista"
        },
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "list of errands",
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        },
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          "sense": "list of errands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "list of errands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "list of errands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "list of errands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "To-do-Liste"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "list of errands",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "list of errands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lista de afazeres"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "list of errands",
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      "word": "待辦事項"
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      "sense": "list of errands",
      "word": "待办事项"
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      "word": "任务一览表"
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        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "farendaĵoj-listo"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "list of errands",
      "word": "tehtävälista"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "list of errands",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "list of errands",
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      "sense": "list of errands",
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "list of errands",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "list of errands",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spísok del",
      "sense": "list of errands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спи́сок дел"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "list of errands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lista de quehaceres"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "list of errands",
      "word": "att-göra-lista"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "list of errands",
      "word": "yapılacaklar listesi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to-do list"
}

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