how to pronounce agent

/ˈɛɪ.dʒənt/

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agent is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of agent in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… be a spy a double agent and a violent …”

meaning of agent

Agent is a person who acts on behalf of another.

agent frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word agent occurs in english on average 43.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics agent can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that agent can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;