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1. (n.) agent
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf.
2. agent
a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.
3. agent
a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results:
Many insects are agents of fertilization.
4. agent
an active cause; an efficient cause.
5. agent
a person who works for or manages an agency.
6. agent
a person who acts in an official capacity for a government agency, as a law-enforcement officer or a spy:
an FBI agent.
7. agent
a linguistic form or construction, usu. 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.
8. agent
a representative of a business firm, esp. a traveling salesperson.
9. agent
a substance that causes a chemical reaction.
10. agent
a drug or chemical capable of eliciting a biological response.
11. agent
an organism that is a cause or vector of disease.
12. (v.t.) agent
to represent (a person or thing); act as an agent on:
to agent a manuscript; Who agented that deal?
Etymology: (1570–80; < L agent-, s. of agēns, prp. of agere to drive, do, act)
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| Definition of 'Agent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) agent
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
"their research uncovered new disease agents"
2. (noun) agent
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
3. (noun) agent
a substance that exerts some force or effect
4. (noun) agent, factor, broker
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
5. (noun) agent, federal agent
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
6. (noun) agentive role, agent
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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1. (noun) agent
sb who helps others find work, do business, etc.
Hollywood actors and their agents
2. agent
sb employed by a government to get secrets from other governments; = spy
a secret agent
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| Definition of 'Agent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Agent
acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action
2. (noun) Agent
one who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor
3. (noun) Agent
one who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor
4. (noun) Agent
an active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent
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| Definition of 'Agent' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Agent
In intelligence usage, one who is authorized or instructed to obtain or to assist in obtaining information for intelligence or counterintelligence purposes.
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Sense: a person or thing that acts
detergents and other cleaning agents.
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 Afrikaans: agens |
 Arabic: عَامِل/عَوَامِل |
 Bulgarian: действащ |
 Brazilian: agente |
 Czech: činitel, prostředek |
 German: der, die Handelnde(r);das |
 Danish: agent; (rengørings-)midde |
 Greek: παράγοντας |
 Spanish: agente |
 Estonian: vahend, tegija |
 Farsi: کارگذار؛ عامل |
 Finnish: vaikuttava aine |
 French: agent/-ente |
 Hebrew: סוֹכֵן, גוֹרֵם |
 Hindi: कारक |
 Croatian: sredstvo |
 Hungarian: szer |
 Indonesian: agen, zat |
 Icelandic: orsakavaldur; virkt efni |
 Italian: agente |
 Japanese: 行為者, 作用物 |
 Korean: 작용제 |
 Lithuanian: medžiaga, įrankis |
 Latvian: spēks; līdzeklis |
 Malay: ejen |
 Dutch: agens, middel |
 Norwegian: (virke)middel |
 Polish: działacz czynnik, środek |
 Persian: کارگذار؛ عامل |
 Pashto: کار کوونکی |
 Portuguese: agente |
 Romanian: agent |
 Russian: агент; средство |
 Slovak: činiteľ, činidlo |
 Slovenian: povzročitelj; čistilno sr |
 Serbian: sredstvo |
 Swedish: handlande person, medel |
 Thai: ตัวกระทำ |
 Turkish: temsilci, araç, vasıta |
 Taiwanese: (會產生作用)的人或東西 |
 Ukrainian: діюча сила; діюча речовин |
 Urdu: عامل |
 Vietnamese: tác nhân; chất |
 Chinese: （发生作用）的人或事 |
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