agent

[US]/ˈeɪdʒənt/
[UK]/ˈeɪdʒənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. representative, dealer; medication; spy
vt. act as intermediary; represent
adj. representing; acting as a substitute

Phrases & Collocations

insurance agent

travel agent

secret agent

FBI agent

booking agent

talent agent

intelligence agent

coupling agent

curing agent

sales agent

reducing agent

sole agent

cleaning agent

active agent

general agent

foaming agent

finishing agent

surface active agent

estate agent

free agent

sizing agent

control agent

business agent

emulsifying agent

dispersing agent

Example Sentences

there's an American agent nibbling.

locate an agent in Rochester.

an agent on a secret mission.

a cholinergic agent or drug.

an immunological agent that

a realtor a land agent

agents of environmental change.

secure an enemy agent with handcuffs

a pushful insurance agent;

the security agent in charge at the airport.

the travel agents have an arrangement with the hotel.

military agents in civilian clothes.

it was a private sale—no estate agent's commission.

the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.

The scrapie agent in sheep may be similar to viroids.

a therapeutic agent; therapeutic exercises.

an author's agent; an insurance agent.

My agent's cut is 10 per cent.

We have two of our best agents on the case.

Real-world Examples

Is that pole artist wearing my agent provocateur corset?

Source: Gossip Girl Season 3

I will call my agent so fast..

Source: Friends Season 9

He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site's “personal search agent.”

Source: Past years' graduate entrance exam English reading true questions.

So far, we have several agents abroad.

Source: Foreign Trade English Topics King

You guys, this is my agent, Estelle.

Source: Friends Season 3

Syrian forces used the lethal nerve agent sarin.

Source: NPR News April 2013 Collection

Right. Who was the shipping agent Mr Alexander?

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 8

You have an agent and stuff like that.

Source: Emma Watson Compilation

In dry areas the wind is the principal agent of erosion.

Source: Master TOEFL Vocabulary in 7 Days

He thinks ice cream vendors are secret agents.

Source: Crazy English 900 Sentences

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