"agent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɛnt/ Audio: en-us-agent.ogg [US] Forms: agents [plural]
Etymology: From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{der|en|la|agēns}} Latin agēns, {{m|la|ago|agere|to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do}} agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} agent (plural agents)
  1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act Translations (one who exerts power): فَاعِل (fāʕil) (Arabic), agent (Dutch), toimija (Finnish), agent [masculine] (French), סוכן (sokhen) [masculine] (Hebrew), סוכנת (sokhenet) [feminine] (Hebrew), agente [masculine] (Italian), actor [masculine] (Latin), kaiwhakarite (Maori), kaikawe (Maori), agente [masculine] (Portuguese), де́ятель (déjatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), исполни́тель (ispolnítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), neach-ionaid [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), oxèntiʼína (Taos), fail (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-YfjlFol8 Disambiguation of 'one who exerts power': 34 14 13 12 7 5 4 7 3
  2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another Translations (one who acts in place of another): axente m or fhumans and (Asturian), представи́тел (predstavítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), посре́дник (posrédnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), аге́нт (agént) [masculine] (Bulgarian), agent [masculine] (Catalan), 代理人 (dàilǐrén) (Chinese Mandarin), agent (Crimean Tatar), agent (Czech), zástupce (Czech), agent [common-gender] (Danish), vertegenwoordiger (Dutch), agent (Dutch), tussenpersoon (Dutch), lasthebber [masculine] (Dutch), agento (Esperanto), asiamies (Finnish), asioitsija (Finnish), agentti (Finnish), agent [masculine] (French), axente (Galician), Agent [masculine] (German), ατζέντης (atzéntis) [masculine] (Greek), αντιπρόσωπος (antiprósopos) [masculine] (Greek), סוכן (sokhen) [masculine] (Hebrew), סוכנת (sokhenet) [feminine] (Hebrew), ügynök (Hungarian), képviselő (Hungarian), megbízott (Hungarian), meghatalmazott (Hungarian), agen (Indonesian), agente [masculine] (Italian), 代理人 (dairinin) (alt: だいりにん) (Japanese), 대리인 (daeriin) (alt: 代理人) (Korean), procurator [masculine] (Latin), aģents [masculine] (Latvian), pārstāvis [masculine] (Latvian), agen (Malay), māngai (Maori), kaitaunaki (Maori), agent [masculine] (Norwegian), pełnomocnik [masculine] (Polish), plenipotent [masculine] (Polish), agente [masculine] (Portuguese), аге́нт (agént) [masculine] (Russian), представи́тель (predstavítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), посре́дник (posrédnik) [masculine] (Russian), agente [masculine] (Spanish), wakala (Swahili), agent [common-gender] (Swedish), syssloman [common-gender] (Swedish), kinagawa (Tagalog), ahente (Tagalog), ตัวแทน (dtuua-tɛɛn) (Thai), acente (Turkish), temsilci (Turkish), vekil (Turkish), aracı (Turkish), người đại lý (Vietnamese), asiant [masculine] (Welsh), אַגענט [agent, masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-jjMix1BX Disambiguation of 'one who acts in place of another': 10 22 14 15 5 15 7 5 7
  3. A person who looks for work for another person Categories (topical): Espionage, People, Systems theory Synonyms (person who looks for work for another person): manager, representative, rep
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-el3lgz-a Disambiguation of Espionage: 3 2 19 21 12 13 9 6 15 Disambiguation of People: 7 6 34 10 4 11 10 16 1 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 4 15 19 17 14 11 6 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 16 18 13 12 13 5 13 Disambiguation of 'person who looks for work for another person': 5 9 59 8 4 4 4 4 3
  4. Someone who works for an intelligence agency Categories (topical): Espionage, Systems theory Translations (someone who works for an intelligence agency): агент (ahjent) [masculine] (Belarusian), агентка (ahjentka) [feminine] (Belarusian), agent [masculine] (Czech), agento (Esperanto), agentti (Finnish), asiamies (Finnish), asioitsija (Finnish), agent [masculine] (French), espion [masculine] (French), πράκτορας (práktoras) [masculine] (Greek), ügynök (Hungarian), titkosügynök (Hungarian), hírszerző (Hungarian), kém (Hungarian), agen (Indonesian), agent [masculine] (Norwegian), spion [masculine] (Norwegian), agent [masculine] (Polish), agentka [feminine] (Polish), аге́нт (agént) [masculine] (Russian), אַגענט [agent, masculine] (Yiddish), אַגענטקע (agentke) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-WWgm-O0P Disambiguation of Espionage: 3 2 19 21 12 13 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 4 15 19 17 14 11 6 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 16 18 13 12 13 5 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 4 18 26 12 12 10 4 11 Disambiguation of 'someone who works for an intelligence agency': 3 3 6 63 4 7 4 3 6
  5. An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect Categories (topical): Espionage, Systems theory Translations (active power or cause): axente [masculine] (Asturian), действаща сила (dejstvašta sila) (Bulgarian), agent [masculine] (Catalan), bewerker (Dutch), toimija (Finnish), vaikuttaja (Finnish), vaikuttava aine [medicine, sciences] (Finnish), taudinaiheuttaja [pathology, medicine, sciences] (Finnish), agent (French), axente [masculine] (Galician), Wirkstoff [masculine] (German), παράγοντας (parágontas) [masculine] (Greek), ουσία (ousía) [feminine] (Greek), anyag (Hungarian), hatóanyag (Hungarian), szer (Hungarian), agente [masculine] (Italian), actor [masculine] (Latin), czynnik [masculine] (Polish), środek [masculine] (Polish), agente [masculine] (Portuguese), де́йствующая си́ла (déjstvujuščaja síla) [feminine] (Russian), фа́ктор (fáktor) [masculine] (Russian), сре́дство (srédstvo) [neuter] (Russian), реаге́нт (reagént) [masculine] (Russian), реакти́в (reaktív) [masculine] (Russian), agente [masculine] (Spanish), agent [common-gender] (Swedish), verksamt ämne [neuter] (Swedish), kinabisa (Tagalog), fail (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-rGyGNz1o Disambiguation of Espionage: 3 2 19 21 12 13 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 4 15 19 17 14 11 6 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 16 18 13 12 13 5 13 Disambiguation of 'active power or cause': 3 2 5 6 68 4 4 2 5
  6. (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans. Categories (topical): Computing, Espionage, Systems theory Translations (computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server): agentti (Finnish), asiamies (Finnish), asioitsija (Finnish), agent [masculine] (French), παράγοντας (parágontas) [masculine] (Greek), ágens (Hungarian), ágensprogram (Hungarian), agen (Indonesian), agen (Malay), agent [masculine] (Polish), agente [masculine] (Portuguese), аге́нт (agént) [masculine] (Russian), agente [masculine] (Spanish), agent [common-gender] (Swedish), vekil (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-QgWdtChh Disambiguation of Espionage: 3 2 19 21 12 13 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 4 15 19 17 14 11 6 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 16 18 13 12 13 5 13 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server': 2 3 6 15 4 55 5 2 8
  7. (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy". Categories (topical): Grammar, Systems theory Translations (grammar: performer of the action in a sentence): agent [masculine] (Catalan), 主事 (zhǔshì) (Chinese Mandarin), handelend persoon (Dutch), agentti (Finnish), tekijä (Finnish), complément d’agent [masculine] (French), axente [masculine] (Galician), Agens [masculine, neuter] (German), ποιητικό αίτιο (poiitikó aítio) [neuter] (Greek), ágens (Hungarian), cselekvő (Hungarian), agens [masculine] (Polish), а́генс (ágens) [masculine] (Russian), agente [masculine] (Spanish), agent [common-gender] (Swedish), yapıcı (Turkish), kılıcı (Turkish), fail (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-en:grammar Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 4 15 19 17 14 11 6 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 16 18 13 12 13 5 13 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: performer of the action in a sentence': 3 6 7 9 8 17 38 5 6
  8. (gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff. Categories (topical): Gambling
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-kUzw5rN0 Topics: gambling, games
  9. (usually US) A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a non-police law enforcement agent. Tags: US, usually Categories (topical): Espionage, Systems theory
    Sense id: en-agent-en-noun-5dhHE0Qt Disambiguation of Espionage: 3 2 19 21 12 13 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 4 15 19 17 14 11 6 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 16 18 13 12 13 5 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: actor [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], performer [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: act, action, agency, proxy
Derived forms: agented, agentese, agentess, agent-general, agent general, agenthood, agential, agentic, agenticity, agenting, agentive, agentless, agentlike, agent noun, Agent Orange, agent participle, agentry, agentship, agentspace, antibacterial agent, anti-caking agent, anticaking agent, anti-foaming agent, antimicrobial agent, baggage agent, bargain agent, binding agent, bioagent, bleaching agent, blister agent, blowing agent, bonding agent, book agent, bulking agent, casting agent, catalytic agent, change agent, chelating agent, chemical agent, chemoagent, clarifying agent, cleaning agent, clearing agent, coagent, coating agent, colour retention agent, contract agent, contrast agent, counteragent, crown agent, cyberagent, double agent, dry agent, drying agent, enforcement agent, estate agent, firming agent, flavoring, flavouring agent, flour treatment agent, foaming agent, foreign agent, free agent, gelling agent, glazing agent, immunoagent, improving agent, Indian agent, infeasible agent, infectious agent, innocent agent, insurance agent, intelligence agent, intelligent agent, interagent, land agent, law agent, leavening agent, lifting agent, mail user agent, monoagent, multiagent, multi-agent system, nanoagent, nerve agent, nettle agent, newsagent, nonagent, oxidising agent, oxidizing agent, parliamentary agent, press agent, principal-agent problem, processing agent, purchasing agent, raising agent, real estate agent, reducing agent, road-agent, road agent, sales agent, secret agent, select agent, service agent, shipping agent, shopping agent, sleeper agent, sourcing agent, special agent, structuring agent, subagent, superagent, surfactant, teachable agent, thickening agent, ticket agent, transfer agent, travel agent, triple agent, underagent, user agent, voluntary agent, wetting agent, whitening agent

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
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        },
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          "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
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          "word": "agen"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "daeriin",
          "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
          "word": "대리인"
        },
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          "_dis1": "10 22 14 15 5 15 7 5 7",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "procurator"
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          "_dis1": "10 22 14 15 5 15 7 5 7",
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          "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
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          "word": "agen"
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          "ref": "2009, Tarsee Li, The Verbal System of the Aramaic of Daniel: An Explanation in the Context of Grammaticalization, page 58",
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          "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
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          "ref": "1862, Brigham Young, “Call for Teams to Go to the Frontiers, etc.”, in Journal of Discourses, volume 9",
          "text": "Seeing we are so wonderfully endowed with priceless gifts by our Heavenly Father, will he not require usury at our hands? He will. But he has made us agents to ourselves, which makes us responsible for the way in which we use the talents he has given us, for the manner we expend the gold and silver, the wheat and fine flour, the cattle upon a thousand hills, and the wine and oil, for they all belong to Him",
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          "ref": "1807, James Edward Smith, chapter 11, in An introduction to physiological and systematical botany",
          "text": "So far seems to be the work of chemistry alone; at least we have no right to conclude that any other agent interferes; since hay, when it happens to imbibe moisture, exhibits nearly the same processes.\"",
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        "In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "client-server",
          "client-server"
        ],
        [
          "client",
          "client"
        ],
        [
          "server",
          "server"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Tarsee Li, The Verbal System of the Aramaic of Daniel: An Explanation in the Context of Grammaticalization, page 58",
          "text": "A verb is typically described as active when its subject is the agent or actor. By contrast, a verb is said to be passive when the subject does not perform the action, but is the patient, target, or undergoer of the action.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. \"the boy\" in the sentences \"The boy kicked the ball\" and \"The ball was kicked by the boy\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. \"the boy\" in the sentences \"The boy kicked the ball\" and \"The ball was kicked by the boy\"."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:grammar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Gambling"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978, John Scarne, Scarne's guide to casino gambling, page 108",
          "text": "Nevada casinos are fleeced out of millions of dollars yearly by agents (cheats acting as players) in collusion with crooked Black Jack dealers and pit bosses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "dishonest",
          "dishonest"
        ],
        [
          "casino",
          "casino"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "gambling",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a non-police law enforcement agent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "respectful",
          "respectful#English"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term#English"
        ],
        [
          "address",
          "address#English"
        ],
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually US) A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a non-police law enforcement agent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɛnt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-agent.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/En-us-agent.ogg/En-us-agent.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/En-us-agent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "person who looks for work for another person",
      "word": "manager"
    },
    {
      "sense": "person who looks for work for another person",
      "word": "representative"
    },
    {
      "sense": "person who looks for work for another person",
      "word": "rep"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "actor"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "performer"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fāʕil",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "فَاعِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "toimija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sokhen",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוכן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sokhenet",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סוכנת"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "actor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "kaiwhakarite"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "kaikawe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "déjatelʹ",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́ятель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispolnítelʹ",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "исполни́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neach-ionaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "oxèntiʼína"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who exerts power",
      "word": "fail"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "axente m or fhumans and"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predstavítel",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "представи́тел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posrédnik",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "посре́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "agént",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аге́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàilǐrén",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "代理人"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "zástupce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "vertegenwoordiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "tussenpersoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lasthebber"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "asiamies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "asioitsija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "axente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "atzéntis",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ατζέντης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antiprósopos",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αντιπρόσωπος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sokhen",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוכן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sokhenet",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סוכנת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "ügynök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "képviselő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "megbízott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "meghatalmazott"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいりにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dairinin",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "代理人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "代理人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daeriin",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "대리인"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "procurator"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aģents"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pārstāvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "agen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "māngai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "kaitaunaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pełnomocnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plenipotent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agént",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аге́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predstavítelʹ",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "представи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posrédnik",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "посре́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "wakala"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "syssloman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "kinagawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "ahente"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtuua-tɛɛn",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "ตัวแทน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "acente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "temsilci"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "vekil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "aracı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "word": "người đại lý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "sense": "one who acts in place of another",
      "tags": [
        "agent",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַגענט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "axente"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dejstvašta sila",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "действаща сила"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "bewerker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "toimija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "vaikuttaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "vaikuttava aine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "topics": [
        "pathology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "taudinaiheuttaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "axente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirkstoff"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parágontas",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παράγοντας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ουσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "anyag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "hatóanyag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "szer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "actor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czynnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "środek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "déjstvujuščaja síla",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́йствующая си́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fáktor",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фа́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srédstvo",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сре́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "reagént",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "реаге́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "reaktív",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "реакти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verksamt ämne"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "kinabisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "active power or cause",
      "word": "fail"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ahjent",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "агент"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ahjentka",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агентка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "agento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "agentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "asiamies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "asioitsija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espion"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "práktoras",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πράκτορας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "ügynök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "titkosügynök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "hírszerző"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "kém"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "word": "agen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agentka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agént",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аге́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "agent",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַגענט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "agentke",
      "sense": "someone who works for an intelligence agency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַגענטקע"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "agentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "asiamies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "asioitsija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parágontas",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παράγοντας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "ágens"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "ágensprogram"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "agen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "agen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agént",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аге́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server",
      "word": "vekil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔshì",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "主事"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "handelend persoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "agentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "tekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complément d’agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "axente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Agens"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poiitikó aítio",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ποιητικό αίτιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "ágens"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "cselekvő"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ágens",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́генс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "yapıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "kılıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grammar: performer of the action in a sentence",
      "word": "fail"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "word": "agent"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Asturian: 'axente m or fhumans and', originally 'axente m or fhumans and'",
  "path": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "agent",
  "trace": ""
}

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