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# agency

noun (an agency, agencies)

«agency» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An agency is a business or organisation that provides a service for other people, like a travel agency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#m1)
2. An agency is a part of a government that does special work, like a space agency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#m2)
3. Agency can also mean the power to make your own choices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#m3)
4. Agency can also mean the action or means by which something happens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: travel agency, news agency, employment agency. In science and the news: space agencies (like NASA) send rockets and satellites into space; environment agencies look after nature. In stories, a spy works for a secret agency.

### Examples

- We booked our holiday through a travel agency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x1)
- The space agency launched a new rover to Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x2)
- A news agency sends stories to newspapers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x3)
- Mum found her new job through an agency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x4)
- In the film, the spy works for a secret agency. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x5)
- The weather agency warned of strong winds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x6)
- These fables, again, were among the books brought into an extended circulation by the agency of the printing press. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an agency, two agencies (y changes to ies). A person who works for one is an agent. Spelled with -ency.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «agency» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«agency» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/agency.html) on Mova free.