Meaning

10 senses
  1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act.

    де́ятельdéjatelʹ, исполни́тельispolnítelʹ

  2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

    He worked as an agent for the government.

    Agent, Agentin

    аге́нтagént, аге́нткаagéntka, представи́тельpredstavítelʹ

    аге́нтahént, аге́нткаahéntka, представни́кpredstavnýk

    a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

  3. A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.

  4. Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).

    аге́нтagént, аге́нткаagéntka, шпио́нšpión

  5. An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.

    Wirkstoff

    де́йствующая си́лаdéjstvujuščaja síla, фа́кторfáktor, сре́дствоsrédstvo

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

  6. 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 “intelligent agent” 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.

    аге́нтagént

  7. 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".

    Near-synonym: doer

    Agens

    а́генсágens

  8. A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.

  9. (US)A law enforcement officer tasked with enforcing a specific field of law.

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officers are just simply referred to as "ATF agents".

  10. (US, capitalized, usually)A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a law enforcement agent.

Examples

238 sentences
  1. In case of an emergency, get in touch with my agent.

    У разі крайньої необхідності, зв'яжіться з моїм агентом.

    ruВ случае крайней необходимости свяжитесь с моим агентом.

    deIm Notfall nehmen Sie Kontakt mit meinem Agenten auf.

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  2. I'm an agent.

    Я агент.

    ruЯ агент.

    deIch bin ein Agent.

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  3. Tom is a border patrol agent.

    Том - агент прикордонного патруля.

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  4. Tom became a real estate agent.

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  5. Tom was a real estate agent.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
law: one who acts in place of another:
Русский
By meaning 5
one who exerts power:
law: one who acts in place of another:
someone who works for an intelligence agency:
active power or cause:
grammar: performer of the action in a sentence:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
law: one who acts in place of another:
active power or cause:
grammar: performer of the action in a sentence:

Origin

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, pe

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

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Forms

plural: agents
Singularagent
Pluralagents

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
person who looks for work for another person:managerA2representativeB1rep
Close in meaning
  • a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission:factorbroker
  • any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau:federal agent
  • the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause:agentive role

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

111 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • real estate agent
  • estate agent
  • an fbi agent
  • cia agent
  • fbi agent
  • travel agent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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