| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, often business-related |
Synonyms: |
bureau, company, department, firm, office |
| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, instrumentality |
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action, activity, auspices, channel, efficiency, force, influence, instrument, instrumentality, intercession, intervention, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, operation, organ, vehicle, work |
| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Agency. |
| Category: | 3. POWER IN OPERATION |
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-nouns
agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play; interworking, interaction; procurement., causation; instrumentality; influence; action (voluntary); modus operandi., quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power; home stroke.
-verbs
be in action; operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike., come play, come bring into operation; have play, have free play; bring to bear upon.
-adjectives
operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual., at work, on foot; acting (doing); in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise; acted upon, wrought upon.
-adverbs
by the agency of; through (instrumentality); by means of.
-phrases
"I myself must mix with action lest I wither by despair" [Tennyson].
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| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of an organization or effort |
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administering, agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, conducting, control, directing, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, overseeing, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, surveillance |
| Main Entry: | bureau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branch of an organization |
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agency, authority, board, commission, committee, department, division, front office, office, salt mines, service, setup, shop, store |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, originator |
Synonyms: |
account, agency, aim, antecedent, author, basis, beginning, causation, consideration, creator, determinant, doer, element, end, explanation, foundation, genesis, ground, grounds, incitement, inducement, instigation, leaven, mainspring, maker, matter, motivation, motive, object, occasion, origin, prime mover, principle, producer, purpose, root, source, spring, stimulation |
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consequence, development, effect, end, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means |
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agency, agent, approach, avenue, course, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, medium, ministry, organ, route, vehicle, way |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task, duty |
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agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
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administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |