agent — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
agent is used for these senses in English:
- agent One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.
- agent Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
- agent (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".
agent — full definition
- noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
- noun A person who works, often secretly, for a government or intelligence organization.
- noun A substance or force that produces an effect.
factor — full definition
- noun One of several things that contributes to or influences a result.
- noun A number that divides evenly into another number.
- verb To rewrite a mathematical expression as a product of simpler terms, or to find the numbers that divide it evenly.
- verb To take something into account when making a decision.