AGITATION


Meaning of AGITATION in English

/ ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn; NAmE / noun

1.

[ U ] worry and anxiety that you show by behaving in a nervous way :

Dot arrived in a state of great agitation.

2.

[ U , C ] agitation (for / against sth) public protest in order to achieve political change :

widespread agitation for social reform

3.

[ U ] ( technical ) the act of stirring or shaking a liquid

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent. (in the sense action, being active ): from Latin agitatio(n-) , from the verb agitare , frequentative of agere do, drive.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.