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say it: AY-juhnt
agent is a noun meaning "an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect". It carries 6 recorded senses.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
“their research uncovered new disease agents”
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
a substance that exerts some force or effect
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for agent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.