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- pronunciation:
- eI
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- features:
- Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who has been given the power to do certain actions for another person.
The author's agent called to discuss his fees for speaking at the school.- synonyms:
- ambassador, deputy
- similar words:
- advocate, attorney, negotiator, substitute
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| definition 2: |
a force or means that brings about certain results; cause.
Whenever he was around, it seemed like bad things happened, so we called him the agent of doom.We're going to have to use a very strong cleaning agent to get out that dirt.- synonyms:
- cause, force, means
- similar words:
- medium, power
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| related words: |
authority, delegate, key, minister |
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The word agent
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
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
accident, accidental, adjacent, affluent, agent, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, complacent, confident, consultant, continent, current, dependent, different, disinfectant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, incessant, indignant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, president, prudent, pungent, reluctant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, vacant
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