Definitions for agent
ˈeɪ dʒəntagent

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. agent(noun)

   an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

   "their research uncovered new disease agents"

2. agent(noun)

   a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

3. agent(noun)

   a substance that exerts some force or effect

4. agent, factor, broker(noun)

   a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

5. agent, federal agent(noun)

   any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

6. agentive role, agent(noun)

   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. Agent(n.)

   (Biochem., Med.) a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.

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1. agent(Noun)

   One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

   Etymology: From agens, present participle of ago

2. agent(Noun)

   One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

   Etymology: From agens, present participle of ago

3. agent(Noun)

   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.

   Etymology: From agens, present participle of ago

4. agent(Noun)

   In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase u201Cintelligent agentu201D it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.

   Etymology: From agens, present participle of ago

5. agent(Noun)

   The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

   Etymology: From agens, present participle of ago

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1. Agent(adj)

   acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action

   Etymology: [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. 2.]

2. Agent(noun)

   one who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor

   Etymology: [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. 2.]

3. Agent(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. 2.]

4. Agent(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. 2.]

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1. Agent

   In linguistics, a grammatical agent is the cause or initiator of an event. Agent may also be the name of the thematic role. The word comes from the present participle agens, agentis of the Latin verb agere, to "do" or "make".

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1. Agent

   āj′ent, n. a person or thing that acts or exerts power: any natural force acting on matter: one authorised or delegated to transact business for another.—n. Ag′ency, the office or business, operation or action, of an agent; instrumentality.—Law agent, a general term in Scotland, including Writers to the Signet, Solicitors to the Supreme Court, and Procurators in the sheriff courts—the requirements are an indentured apprenticeship of five years to a law agent, the passing of examinations in general knowledge and in law, and formal admission by the Court of Session. [L. agĕre, to do. See Act.]

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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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1. agent

   In physics, expresses that by which a thing is done or effected.--Navy agent is a deputy employed to pass accounts, transact business, and receive pay or other monies, in behoof of the officers and crew, and to apply the proceeds as directed by them.--Agent victuallers, officers appointed to the charge of provisions at our foreign ports and stations, to contract for, buy, and regulate, under the authority of the commissioners of the navy. (See NEGLIGENCE.)--Prize agent, one appointed for the sale of prizes, and nominated in equal numbers by the commander, the officers, and the ship's company.

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1. agent

   A person that represents a business, company or organization.

   The customer service agent was helpful, understanding and kind.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'agent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2379

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'agent' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3013

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'agent' in Nouns Frequency: #590

Anagrams for agent »

1. Tegan

How to pronounce agent?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of agent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of agent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of agent in a Sentence

1. Bill Hader:

   My agent called me and said they are going to do an ‘Angry Birds’ movie, they want you to play a pig, i mean you guys draw your own conclusions.

2. Jorge Godoyfor:

   And I looked over at the cinematographer and like, both of our eyes were big as saucers. And I thought, holy s ---, this is going to be a wild one. EL CHAPO TRIED TO SMUGGLE COCAINE IN JALAPEO CANS, WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS KILLINGS, PROSECUTORS SAY The filmmaker said this was the beginning of one stunning revelation after another. But I think the biggest bombshell of all for me and for all of us was that this story is much more complicated and this conspiracy is much more deep and vast than any of us had any idea of going into it in terms of all of the parties that are involved, and that was what really blew me away. Enrique' Rafael Caro-Quintero, the DEA agent murdered in Mexico in 1985. ( AP, File) My hope is that those revelations, whether they are involvement of a CIA asset or collusion by a DEA insider and the betrayal or even just the human toll it has taken on all these people after all these years just to see what it really looks like, what it felt like and how they carry it all these years later.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Women: One of the most mysterious forces on the planet have had a very profound impact on men since millennia, for they are gifted with an alchemical agent - Discontinuity ~ Any one who encounters their presence gets disconnected with their past, a very life changing experience.”

4. Peter Schultz:

   We show that carbon acts like a stealth darkening agent, from the standpoint of spectral analysis, it's like an invisible paint.

5. Bhavik Katira:

   This is just the tip of the iceberg, we haven't even thought about the primary market, the syndication process or two-way communication between agent and lenders, like voting, so that's a whole other part of the process we haven't looked at.

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