Meaning of "agitate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AGITATE

From Latin agitātus, from agitāre to move to and fro, set into motion, from agere to act, do.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AGITATE

agitate  [ˈædʒɪˌteɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGITATE

Agitate is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb agitate in English.

WHAT DOES AGITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Agitation

Agitation may refer to: ▪ Agitation, putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing ▪ Emotional state of excitement or restlessness ▪ Psychomotor agitation, an extreme form of the above, which can be part of a mental illness or a side effect of anti-psychotic medication ▪ Agitation ▪ Political agitation, political activities in which an agitator urges people to do something ▪ Agitation, a demonstration, or street protest. ▪ Agitation and Propaganda against the State, former criminal offence in communist Albania ▪ Anti-Soviet agitation, a criminal offence in the Soviet Union ▪ Agitation, a Miles Davis tune from his album E.S.P. ▪ Agitated, a B-Side from the band Muse...

Definition of agitate in the English dictionary

The first definition of agitate in the dictionary is to excite, disturb, or trouble ; worry. Other definition of agitate is to cause to move vigorously; shake, stir, or disturb. Agitate is also to attempt to stir up public opinion for or against something.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AGITATE

PRESENT

Present

I agitate

you agitate

he/she/it agitates

we agitate

you agitate

they agitate

Present continuous

I am agitating

you are agitating

he/she/it is agitating

we are agitating

you are agitating

they are agitating

Present perfect

I have agitated

you have agitated

he/she/it has agitated

we have agitated

you have agitated

they have agitated

Present perfect continuous

I have been agitating

you have been agitating

he/she/it has been agitating

we have been agitating

you have been agitating

they have been agitating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I agitated

you agitated

he/she/it agitated

we agitated

you agitated

they agitated

Past continuous

I was agitating

you were agitating

he/she/it was agitating

we were agitating

you were agitating

they were agitating

Past perfect

I had agitated

you had agitated

he/she/it had agitated

we had agitated

you had agitated

they had agitated

Past perfect continuous

I had been agitating

you had been agitating

he/she/it had been agitating

we had been agitating

you had been agitating

they had been agitating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will agitate

you will agitate

he/she/it will agitate

we will agitate

you will agitate

they will agitate

Future continuous

I will be agitating

you will be agitating

he/she/it will be agitating

we will be agitating

you will be agitating

they will be agitating

Future perfect

I will have agitated

you will have agitated

he/she/it will have agitated

we will have agitated

you will have agitated

they will have agitated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been agitating

you will have been agitating

he/she/it will have been agitating

we will have been agitating

you will have been agitating

they will have been agitating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would agitate

you would agitate

he/she/it would agitate

we would agitate

you would agitate

they would agitate

Conditional continuous

I would be agitating

you would be agitating

he/she/it would be agitating

we would be agitating

you would be agitating

they would be agitating

Conditional perfect

I would have agitate

you would have agitate

he/she/it would have agitate

we would have agitate

you would have agitate

they would have agitate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been agitating

you would have been agitating

he/she/it would have been agitating

we would have been agitating

you would have been agitating

they would have been agitating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you agitate
we let´s agitate
you agitate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to agitate

Past participle

agitated

Present Participle

agitating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «AGITATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «agitate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of agitate

alarm · arouse · beat · campaign · churn · crusade · cry out · demonstrate · disconcert · disquiet · distract · disturb · drive · excite · faze · ferment · fluster · incite · inflame · mix · perturb · protest · push · rouse · ruffle · shake · stimulate · stir · toss · trouble · unnerve · upset · worry

TRANSLATION OF AGITATE

Find out the translation of agitate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of agitate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «agitate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 煽动
• Translator English - Spanish: agite
• English: agitate
• Translator English - Hindi: आंदोलन
• Translator English - Arabic: تستنهض الهمم
• Translator English - Russian: агитировать
• Translator English - Portuguese: agite
• Translator English - Bengali: উমান
• Translator English - French: agiter
• Translator English - Malay: Merengsa
• Translator English - German: agitieren
• Translator English - Japanese: かき混ぜる
• Translator English - Korean: 교반
• Translator English - Javanese: Agitate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lo ngại
• Translator English - Tamil: கிளர்ச்சியுறவும்
• Translator English - Marathi: आंदोलन करा
• Translator English - Turkish: kışkırtmak
• Translator English - Italian: agitare
• Translator English - Polish: mieszać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: агітувати
• Translator English - Romanian: agita
• Translator English - Greek: ταράζουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: roer
• Translator English - Swedish: agitera
• Translator English - Norwegian: agitere

4 QUOTES WITH «AGITATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word agitate.

1

Susan B. Anthony

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

2

William Cobbett

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

3

Henepola Gunaratana

By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace.

4

Edward R. Murrow

A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom - it's gone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGITATE»

Discover the use of agitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to agitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Agitate! Educate! Organize!: American Labor Posters

Looks at the history of labor posters in the United States issued by the government, unions, and grassroots organizations.

Lincoln Cushing, Tim Drescher, 2009

Educate, Agitate, Organize: One Hundred Years of Fabian ...

This volume describes the way in which the Fabian Society works, the distinctive contributions of individuals to that work, the structure they have built and the methods they have evolved to facilitate their labours.

Patricia Pugh, 2009

The Agitate

Kevin has fit himself in between the mesh, too far gone forever. His dreams are indiscernable--Are they the real life? He lives only withn the hypnotic dream culture of Thailand; its women, and soft hot heat.

James Bychowski, 2003

Educate, Agitate, Organize Library Editions: Political ...

One Hundred Years of Fabian Socialism Patricia Pugh. EDUCATE, AGITATE, ORGANIZE Patricia Pugh ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: POLITICAL SCIENCE HDUEI'ILI'IOH ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: POLITICAL SCIENCE ...

Patricia Pugh, 2013

A Guide to English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume IV

I agitate 1. We agitate 2. You agitate 2. You agitate 3. He/she/it agitates 3. They agitate Past Tense Singular Plural 1. I agitated 1. We agitated 2. You agitated 2. You agitated 3. He/she/it agitated 3. They agitated Future Tense Singular Plural 1 .

Bessie Brooks, 2012

The Works of Henry Clay: Speeches

There is California, she is admitted into the Union : will they agitate about that ? Well, there are the territorial governments established : will they agitate about that ? There is the settlement of the Texas boundary question : upon what can they ...

Henry Clay, Calvin Colton, William McKinley, 1904

Observer

The convention adjourned, and the afternoon was devoted to collecting trips and visits to many points of historic and literary interest. Edward Raymond, Agitation. ' BY G. W. BRADLEY, SANDY HOOK, CT. Wendell Phillips said, “Agitate, agitate!

Edward Fuller Bigelow, 1895

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

... and dirt discharge opening located at the bottom thereof, and a water pipe having jet openings below the water line and adjacent to the bottom of said receiver, acting to supply water to and to agitate the water and dirt within said receiver. 2.

Bulletin

We must build, and we must agitate until the people are aroused to the full realization of the deep importance of the subject. We are agitating, and we will continue to agitate; the press will agitate for good roads; all these good roads advocates ...

United States. Bureau of Public Roads, 1902

Bulletin

vWe must build, and we must agitate until the people are aroused to the full realization of the deep importance of the subject. We are agitating, and we will continue to agitate; the prws will agitate for good roads; all these good roads advocates ...

United States Office of Public Roads, 1897

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGITATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term agitate is used in the context of the following news items.

Japan hails new UNESCO listing despite Korean qualms

The increasingly militaristic regime invaded Manchuria in 1931, where it established a puppet government and a base from which to agitate ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»

Giteau, Mitchell impress Wallabies coach

"I'm sure that the nerve endings that they know they need to tap into to play at the international level will be starting to agitate now. "They're ... «SBS, Jul 15»

Three wars in six years: The Gaza strip and the problems it faces

Militant Salafist groups claiming ties to IS have started to agitate in Gaza, firing occasional rockets into Israel and carrying out attacks. «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

It's ok to be scared, PAP, just don't push it on citizens

Does the PAP not realise that such rhetoric could potentially agitate voters, assuming that its antics in discrediting the WP as a municipal ... «The Online Citizen, Jul 15»

Children, parents denied the wealth of education

... before the start of the new academic year, but the work is still going on. We have decided to agitate if the work is not completed in this month.” ... «Oherald, Jul 15»

Andrew Shaw brings Stanley Cup to Belleville

Hockey insiders describe Shaw as a tough player who can score goals, play well defensively and agitate opponents with tough play. “He's an ... «www.insidebelleville.com/, Jul 15»

Cambodia – Vietnam Border Tensions and Color Revolutions

Some irresponsible NGOs/CSOs provoke people to agitate against their own elected government based on an idea of foreign origin or for ... «Khmer Times, Jul 15»

Liberals agitate for modest indigenous recognition

A push to recognise indigenous Australians in the Constitution with a modest preamble is gaining traction at the highest levels of government, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

FIR Booked On Bollywood Actor Sunny Deol for 'Abusing Gods In …

“This will agitate Hindu sentiments which may ultimately affect the national integrity,” the complainant said. The director and producer of the ... «The Indian Talks, Jul 15»

Who Starts For The USWNT In The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup …

The toughness of Leroux and the agility of Wambach, they can certainly agitate the backline of Japan, and get them tired easily most likely. «VAVEL.com, Jul 15»