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Meaning of "foreign agent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGN AGENT

foreign agent  [ˈfɒrɪn ˈeɪdʒənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREIGN AGENT

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreign agent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOREIGN AGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Foreign agent

A foreign agent is anyone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country, generally outside the protections offered to those working in their official capacity for a diplomatic mission. Foreign agents may be citizens of the host country. The term has broad application but, in contemporary English, has a generally pejorative connotation. A covert foreign agent, also known as a secret agent of a foreign government, may in some countries be presumed to be engaging in espionage. Some countries have formal procedures to legalize the activities of foreign agents acting overtly. An example is the United States law, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the governing statute of which contains a wide-ranging and detailed definition of "foreign agent." Laws covering foreign agents vary widely from country to country, and selective enforcement may prevail within countries, based on perceived national interest. For example, FARA is sometimes accused of being used to target countries out of favor with an administration.

Definition of foreign agent in the English dictionary

The definition of foreign agent in the dictionary is a spy for a foreign country.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREIGN AGENT


agent
ˈeɪdʒənt
argent
ˈɑːdʒənt
corrigent
ˈkɒrɪdʒənt
diligent
ˈdɪlɪdʒənt
dirigent
ˈdɪrɪdʒənt
divergent
daɪˈvɜːdʒənt
exigent
ˈɛksɪdʒənt
indigent
ˈɪndɪdʒənt
intelligent
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt
intransigeant
ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt
negligent
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒənt
newsagent
ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənt
pageant
ˈpædʒənt
reagent
riːˈeɪdʒənt
regent
ˈriːdʒənt
sergeant
ˈsɑːdʒənt
subagent
sʌbˈeɪdʒənt
superagent
ˈsuːpərˌeɪdʒənt
unintelligent
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt
urgent
ˈɜːdʒənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREIGN AGENT

foreign affairs
foreign aid
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
foreign bill
foreign body
foreign correspondent
foreign currency
foreign currency income
foreign draft
foreign exchange
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange rate
foreign investment
foreign legion
foreign minister
foreign ministry
foreign mission
foreign national
foreign office
foreign policy

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREIGN AGENT

alkylating agent
chelating agent
chemical agent
county agent
double agent
estate agent
export agent
free agent
gent
insurance agent
intelligence agent
oxidizing agent
patent agent
press agent
real-estate agent
release agent
secret agent
special agent
surface-active agent
travel agent
wetting agent

Synonyms and antonyms of foreign agent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreign agent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN AGENT

Find out the translation of foreign agent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreign agent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreign agent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

国外代理
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agente extranjero
570 millions of speakers

English

foreign agent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विदेशी एजेंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وكيل الخارجية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иностранный агент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agente estrangeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদেশী এজেন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agent étranger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ejen asing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fremdmittel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外国代理人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외부 에이전트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Agen asing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại lý nước ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிநாட்டு முகவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विदेशी एजंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yabancı ajan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agente straniero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obcego agenta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іноземний агент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agent străin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξένο παράγοντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buitelandse agent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

främmande agenten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utenlandsk agent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreign agent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN AGENT»

The term «foreign agent» is regularly used and occupies the 93.240 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN AGENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foreign agent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foreign agent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreign agent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREIGN AGENT»

Discover the use of foreign agent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreign agent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent ...
Congress has enacted post-gov¿t. employment restrictions and foreign agent registration requirements with the objectives of protecting the U.S. gov¿t. against the improper use of gov¿t. information by former federal employees and ...
Jess T. Ford, 2009
2
Foreign Agent Registration: Former Federal Officials ...
Also examines Department of Justice actions to correct problems previously reported concerning the administration of foreign agent registration. Drawings.
General Accounting Office Washington Dc National Security And International A Ffairs Div, 1993
3
The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet ...
A co-located care-of address is one that is assigned directly to the mobile node and enables direct delivery of datagrams to the node. The alternative is to use a foreign agent care-of address. In this situation, the mobile node actually uses the  ...
Charles M. Kozierok, 2005
4
Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications
A router planning to act as a foreign agent issues agent advertisement messages periodically (i.e., "I want to be your agent, do you want my services?"). The mobile node listens for agent advertisement messages and compares the network ...
Amjad Umar, 2004
5
IP-Based Next-Generation Wireless Networks: Systems, ...
A mobile may register its current CoA with its home agent directly or through a foreign agent. Registering with the home agent directly is to send Registration Request messages directly to the home agent without having to go through a foreign ...
Jyh-Cheng Chen, Tao Zhang, 2004
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Mobile IP Technology and Applications
Answer: - Steady-state algorithm—In this algorithm, the Mobile Node holds on to its current Foreign Agent as long as it can. After the Mobile Node establishes a valid registration with a Foreign Agent, it continues to listen for advertisements ...
Stefan Raab, Madhavi Chandra, 2013
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IP Design for Mobile Networks
Mobile IP defines two entities as the anchor points: the home agent and the foreign agent. The home agent obviously resides in the home network, whereas the foreign agent resides in the visited network. The mobile end-system is assigned ...
Mark Grayson, Kevin Shatzkamer, Scott Wainner, 2009
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Networking -- ICN 2005: 4th International Conference on ...
In bidirectional tunneling, a foreign agent does not require the tree join when a mobile host hands off and does not need to support multicast. In this approach, the multicast delivery path can be far from optimal since each path is routed via a  ...
Pascal Lorenz, Petre Dini, 2005
9
Mobile Computing
When registering with a foreign agent, a mobile host may establish a "registration key," acting as a session key for its registration with this foreign agent. When the mobile host later moves and registers a different care-of address, it may notify ...
Tomasz Imielinski, Henry F. Korth, 1996
10
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach
How does the home agent then deliver the packet to the foreign agent? 3. How does the foreign agent deliver the packet to the mobile node? The first problem might look easy if you just look at Figure 4.27, in which the home agent is clearly  ...
Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREIGN AGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreign agent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unlikely Targets in Cross Hairs as Russia Aims to Expose Foreign …
Even with anti-Western sentiment at a fever pitch, the labeling of Dynasty as a foreign agent struck Russian scientists as bizarre. Founded by ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
I won't apologize for being a Palestinian feminist | +972 Magazine
I am not a foreign agent of the West, sir. I am an Arab Palestinian and a Muslim just like you, who struggles from within my society just like you, ... «+972 Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Russian Science Foundation Closes Over 'Foreign Agent' Law - The …
A Russian mogul's science charity that was branded a "foreign agent" by the Kremlin has folded, The Guardian and Nature write. The Dynasty ... «Chronicle of Philanthropy, Jul 15»
4
Funding changes worry Russian scientists
... a Russian organisation which handed out grants to promising young scientists, closed its doors after being branded a 'foreign agent' under a ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jul 15»
5
Russian Rights Group Labeled 'Foreign Agent' Closes Down
Igor Kalyapin, head of Russia's Committee Against Torture, said the NGO would rather close than accept the "foreign agent" label. «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jul 15»
6
Kremlin critics say "climate of fear" grows in Russia
... funded from abroad, forcing any that engages in "political activity" to register as a "foreign agent", a derogatory term dating to the Cold War. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
7
Russia science group declared 'foreign agent' disbands
The Justice Ministry declared Dynasty a foreign agent because its ... The foreign agent label would have made it nearly impossible for it to ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
8
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Branded 'foreign agent,' Russia's …
MOSCOW - The Dynasty Foundation, a leading private donor and benefactor of Russian science and education that was branded a "foreign ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
9
Major Russian scientific foundation to close after being branded …
The closure of the foundation comes after Russian authorities ordered Dinastia to register as a “foreign agent” in May, on the grounds that Zimin ... «The Calvert Journal, Jul 15»
10
Russian MPs Call for Probe of Foreign NGOs - VOA
FILE - A man passes by the office of "Memorial" rights group in Moscow, Russia. The building has the words “Foreign Agent (Loves) USA” ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»

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