"superagency" meaning in All languages combined

See superagency on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superagency.wav [US] Forms: superagencies [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Medieval Latin agēntiabor. English agency English superagency From super- + agency. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|super-|agency|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Medieval Latin agēntiabor. English agency English superagency [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "above", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úp", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-er", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-r", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*super", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "super-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "super-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "agēntia", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "agency", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "superagency", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="superagency"> From super- + agency. Head templates: {{en-noun}} superagency (plural superagencies)
  1. An agency with unusually far-reaching powers
    Sense id: en-superagency-en-noun-vwtlDT2d
  2. (California) A cabinet-level agency within the executive branch, composed of several departments. Tags: California Synonyms (cabinet-level agency within the executive branch): cabinet agency, cabinet department, cabinet (english: Kentucky)
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Inflected forms

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