agent

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Synonyms: argent, gent, ament, agen, arent, agend, agene, avent, alent, agest, anent

Antonyms: argent, gent, ament, agen, arent, agend, agene, avent, alent, agest, anent

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|person who exerts or has power to act}} One who exerts power, or has the power to [[act]].
2. {{senseid|en|person who acts by proxy for another}} {{lb|en|law}} One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the [[principal]]), by that person's authority; someone [[entrust]]ed to act [[on behalf of]] or [[in behalf of]] another, such as to transact business for them.
3. {{senseid|en|person who finds and arranges work for another}} A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the [[hiree]] and [[hirer]].
4. {{senseid|en|person who helps with intelligence gathering}} 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).
5. {{senseid|en|active power or cause or substance}} An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
6. {{senseid|en|aid to client or server in computing}} {{lb|en|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.
7. {{senseid|en|grammar}} {{lb|en|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".
8. {{senseid|en|cheater with insider help in gambling}} {{lb|en|gambling}} A [[cheat]] who is assisted by [[dishonest]] [[casino]] [[staff]].
9. {{lb|en|US|}} A law enforcement officer tasked with enforcing a specific field of law.
10. {{senseid|en|term of address}} {{lb|en|usually|US|capitalized}} {{n-g|A [[respectful]] [[term]] of [[address]] for an agent, especially a [[law enforcement]] agent.}}

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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