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- pronunciation:
- eI
j
 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
a person who has the authority to do certain actions for another person.
A travel agent helped me to plan my vacation.- similar words:
- attorney, negotiator, substitute
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| related words: |
authority, key |
adjective + (n.)agent
chemical, double, federal, free, infectious, intelligent, principal, real, secret, special, toxic, veteran
verb + (n.)agent
act, contact, sign
(n.)agent
+ verb
arrest, assign, book, escort, interrogate, interview, investigate, search, seize, station
noun + (n.)agent
airline, bail, border, chemical, custom, estate, extension, immigration, insurance, intelligence, mustard, nerve, rental, reservation, service, talent, ticket, travel
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The word agent
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agent, react, reaction, transact, transaction
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
accident, accidental, agent, applicant, confident, continent, current, dependent, different, dominant, efficient, ignorant, important, parent, patient, president, resident, servant, significant, student, tenant, vacant
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