| query | A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of a____ .A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent . ...the bleaching agent in white flour. ...fibrinogen, a blood clotting agent. |
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| word | agent |
| full-definition | noun An agent is a person who looks after someone else's business affairs or does business on their behalf. You are buying direct, rather than through an agent. ...a written declaration by someone, authorizing another person to act as his agent. An agent in the arts world is a person who gets work for an actor or musician, or who sells the work of a writer to publishers . An agent is a person who works for a country's secret service . All these years he's been an agent for the East. If you refer to someone or something as the agent of a particular effect, you mean that they cause this effect. Children can be agents of change in their communities. A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent . ...the bleaching agent in white flour. ...fibrinogen, a blood clotting agent. |
| inflections | agents |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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