Definition of agent

"agent" in the noun sense

1. agent

an active and efficient cause capable of producing a certain effect

"their research uncovered new disease agents"

2. agent

a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

3. agent

a substance that exerts some force or effect

4. agent, factor, broker

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

5. agent, federal agent

any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

6. agentive role, agent

the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

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Quotations for agent

Nature is still the grand agent in making poets. [ Carlyle ]

Let every eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent. [ William Shakespeare ]

Fiction is a potent agent for good in the hands of the good. [ Mme. Necker ]

The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world. [ Douglas Jerrold ]

Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs. [ Sir J. Stephen ]

Pity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient. [ Charles H. Parkhurst ]

Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient. [ Government of the Tongue ]

The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful, ever-living agent. [ Newton ]

Great trials seem to be a necessary preparation for great duties. It would seem that the more important the enterprise, the more severe the trial to which the agent is subjected in his preparation. [ Edward Thomson ]

It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. [ Adam Clarke ]

agent in Scrabble®

The word agent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters agent:

AGENT
(24)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word agent

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In agent

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agent in Words With Friends™

The word agent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters agent:

AGENT
(42)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word agent

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In agent

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Words containing the sequence agent

Words that start with agent (2 words)

Words that end with agent (6 words)

Word Growth involving agent

Shorter words in agent

ag age

en gent

Longer words containing agent

agents counteragents

agents newsagents

agents reagents bioreagents

agents subagents

counteragent counteragents

magenta magentas

newsagent newsagents

reagent bioreagent bioreagents

reagent reagents bioreagents

subagent subagents

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