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agent

/ˈeɪdʒənt/AY-juhnt
/ˈeɪdʒənt/AY-juhnt

Meaningto do, drive

Common meaning: someone who acts for another

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√AG‘drive, urge, conduct’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 5, p. 730 · scan
  2. Latinagere‘to do, drive’source
  3. Latinagentemsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto do, drive → someone who acts for anotheragent‘someone who acts for another’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin agere ‘to do, drive’.

Roots

  • agere Latin “to drive”

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