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agent
[ ey-juhnt ]
noun
- a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
Our agent in Hong Kong will ship the merchandise.
A best-selling author needs a good agent.
Synonyms: deputy, representative
- a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.
- a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results:
Many insects are agents of fertilization.
Synonyms: means
- an active cause; an efficient cause.
- a person who works for or manages an agency.
- a person who acts in an official capacity for a government or private agency as a guard, detective, or spy:
an FBI agent;
the secret agents of a foreign power.
- a person responsible for a particular action:
Who was the agent of this deed?
- Grammar. a form or construction, usually a noun or noun phrase, denoting an animate being that performs or causes the action expressed by the verb, as the police in The car was found by the police.
- a representative of a business firm, especially a traveling salesperson; canvasser; solicitor.
- Chemistry. a substance that causes a reaction.
- Pharmacology. a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response.
- Pathology. any microorganism capable of causing disease.
- British. a campaign manager; an election agent.
adjective
- acting; exerting power ( patient ).
verb (used with object)
- to represent (a person or thing) as an agent; act as an agent for: Who agented that deal?
to agent a manuscript;
Who agented that deal?
agent
/ ˈeɪdʒənt; eɪˈdʒɛnʃəl /
noun
- a person who acts on behalf of another person, group, business, government, etc; representative
- a person or thing that acts or has the power to act
- a phenomenon, substance, or organism that exerts some force or effect
a chemical agent
- the means by which something occurs or is achieved; instrument
wind is an agent of plant pollination
- a person representing a business concern, esp a travelling salesman
- short for estate agent
- short for secret agent
agent
/ ā′jənt /
- A substance that can bring about a chemical reaction or a biological effect.
- Compare reagent
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Derived Forms
- agential, adjective
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Other Words From
- counter·agent noun
- inter·agent noun
- super·agent noun
- under·agent noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agent1
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin agent-, stem of agēns “doing,” present participle of agere “to do, drive”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agent1
C15: from Latin agent-, noun use of the present participle of agere to do
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