AGENT


Meaning of AGENT in English

noun

1 works in an agency

ADJECTIVE

▪ booking , ticket , travel

▪ election ( BrE ), parliamentary ( BrE )

▪ advertising , press , publicity

▪ land ( BrE ), leasing ( AmE ), letting ( BrE ), managing ( esp. BrE ), rental ( AmE )

▪ estate ( BrE ), real estate ( AmE )

They were advised by the real estate ~ that their house would not be saleable.

▪ border-patrol , law enforcement

▪ insurance

▪ literary , sports , talent

▪ local

The company has developed sales through local ~s in key markets.

VERB + AGENT

▪ employ , have , use

I have an ~ who deals with all my contracts.

▪ appoint , get (sb) , hire ( esp. AmE )

If you want to get published, get yourself an ~!

▪ act as

▪ fire , sack ( BrE )

PREPOSITION

▪ through an ~

She got the work through an ~.

▪ ~ for

an ~ for a shipping company

2 spy

ADJECTIVE

▪ intelligence

▪ enemy , foreign

▪ federal , government

▪ covert , secret , special , undercover

▪ double

As a double ~, he worked for the Americans and the Russians.

3 person/thing that has an effect

ADJECTIVE

▪ chief , main , primary , prime , principal

▪ effective

▪ human

▪ moral , rational

▪ free

I told him I couldn't stop him and that he was a free ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

The charity is an ~ for social change.

PHRASES

▪ an ~ for change , an ~ of change

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .