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agent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | agentive role |
| Type of | semantic role, participant role |
agent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | broker, factor |
| Type of | businessperson, bourgeois |
| Has types | underwriter, real estate broker, real estate agent, ship broker, house agent, general agent, estate agent, insurance broker, insurance agent, stockbroker, travel agent, syndic, auctioneer, land agent, investment banker |
| Derivation | agential |
agent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | federal agent |
| Type of | official, functionary |
| Has types | trustbuster, fed, federal official, federal, indian agent |
| Derivation | agential |
agent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | causal agency, cause, causal agent |
| Has types | enlivener, infective agent, infectious agent, weakener, impairer, vector, vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, transmitter, teratogen, stressor, biohazard, biological agent, shortener, satisfier, retardent, retardation, retardant, repressor, represser, relaxer, quickener, pressor, mutagen, motor, lethal agent, eliminator, invigorator |
| Derivation | agency |
their research uncovered new disease agents.
agent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | representative |
| Has types | literary agent, business agent, booking agent, booker, secret agent, mill agent, universal agent, deputy, shopper, shipping agent, procurator, proxy, purchasing agent, handler, freight agent, operative, parliamentary agent, general agent, placeholder, intelligence agent, special agent, bailee, intelligence officer, surrogate, employment agent, talent agent, next friend, government agent |
| Derivation | agency, agential |
agent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
Examples of agent
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Scheduled to be a free agent, Ball said he would like to remain with the Titans.
From the tennessean.com
Alex Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick out of Utah, becomes a free agent.
From the thenewstribune.com
Michael Jordan was so good, he got Scott Williams a monster free agent contract.
From the sacbee.com
An insurance agent sold him coverage for $630 a month for both husband and wife.
From the stltoday.com
Svatos, 28, was an NHL free agent who was playing in Russia's KHL most recently.
From the stltoday.com
Often, this is done on the advice of a real-estate agent or professional stager.
From the online.wsj.com
The New York Yankees reportedly hope to sign free-agent outfielder Andruw Jones.
From the democratandchronicle.com
An FBI agent is seen inside the Sommet Group office in Franklin on July 6, 2010.
From the tennessean.com
LaRose also is accused of lying to a federal agent and attempted identity theft.
From the edition.cnn.com
- 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
- Agentive role: the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- The Brotherhood of Dada is a group of supervillains in the DC universe. Enemies of the Doom Patrol, the Brotherhood is devoted to all things absurd and bizarre, taking their name from the Dada art movement. ...
- The Agent (Rick Mason) is a fictional character featured in some Marvel Comics publications.
- In economics, an agent is an actor and decision maker in a model. Typically, every agent makes decisions by solving a well or ill defined optimization/choice problem. The term agent can also be seen as equivalent to player in game theory.
