to-do list

See also: todo list

English

Noun

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

   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

• bucket list
• checklist
• laundry list
• shopping list
• wish list

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: to-dolijst (partial calque)
• → Dutch: tedoenlijst (calque)

Translations

list of errands

• Azerbaijani: ediləcəklər siyahısı, edilməlilər siyahısı
• Catalan: llista de tasques f, llista de coses per fer f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 待辦事項／待办事项 (dàibàn shìxiàng), 任務一覽表／任务一览表 (rènwù yīlǎnbiǎo), 任務清單／任务清单 (rènwù qīngdān), 待辦清單／待办清单 (dàibàn qīngdān)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: takenlijst (nl) f, to-dolijst (nl) f
• Esperanto: farendaĵoj-listo
• Finnish: tehtävälista, muistilista
• French: liste de tâches f, liste de choses à faire f
• German: Aufgabenliste f, To-do-Liste (de) f
• Japanese: やることリスト (yaru koto risuto)
• Korean: 할 일 목록 (hal il mongnok)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjøremålsliste (no) m or f, huskeliste (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: hugseliste f

• Polish: lista zadań f, lista spraw
• Portuguese: lista de afazeres f
• Russian: спи́сок дел m (spísok del)
• Spanish: lista de quehaceres f
• Swedish: att-göra-lista
• Turkish: yapılacaklar listesi

See also

• inbox