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- pronunciation:
- eI
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
agencies |
| definition 1: |
a company or organization that does business in support of other companies or people. An agency helps people do things that are difficult or complicated to do just by themselves.
There is a large job agency that supplies workers for several companies in the area.The job agency also helps people find work.- synonyms:
- business, company, corporation, firm, institution, organization
- similar words:
- bureau, concern, house
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| definition 2: |
an agent's place of business.
Our insurance agent works at this agency.- synonyms:
- office
- similar words:
- house
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| definition 3: |
a government department that works on special projects, provides specific services to the government, or makes sure laws and rules are obeyed.
The hospital has to follow the rules set up by the national health agency.- synonyms:
- bureau, department
- similar words:
- institution, organization
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| related words: |
commission, department, force, medium, tool |
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The word agency
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, transaction
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, admittance, agency, arrogance, attendance, audience, buoyancy, conference, confidence, consequence, consistency, currency, deficiency, difference, disappearance, disturbance, emergency, frequency, importance, independence, occurrence, preference, presidency, residence, science, tendency
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