agent


Definition: Meaning of, agent in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nt /

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agent agents
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  1. a person or company that represents another person or company, especially in business
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  2. someone who finds work for actors, musicians etc, or who finds someone to PUBLISH a writer's work
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  3. someone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization
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  4. technical a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect
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  5. someone or something that affects or changes a situation
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agent used in phrases

  • Agent Orange (noun)
    1. a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
  • FBI agent (noun)
    1. a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Indian agent (noun)
    1. especially on Indian reservations a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes
  • activating agent (noun)
    1. mineral extraction a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral
  • active agent (noun)
    1. chemical agent capable of activity
  • actor's agent (noun)
    1. a business agent for an actor
  • adhesive agent (noun)
    1. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
  • agent bank (noun)
    1. a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
    2. a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
  • agent provocateur (noun)
    1. someone who is employed to encourage people who are working against a government to do something illegal so that they are caught
  • agent-in-place (noun)
    1. an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target
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