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    ag
    adjective
    agriculture.
  • Ag
    Ag
    silver.
  • ag-
    ag-
    variant of ad- before g: agglutinate.
  • ag.
    ag.
    abbreviation
    agriculture.
  • Ag.
    Ag.
    abbreviation
    August.
  • A.G.
    A.G.
    abbreviation
    Adjutant General.
  • AG
    AG
    abbreviation
    Adjutant General
Synonyms

ag

1 American  
[ag] / æg /

adjective

Informal.
  1. agriculture.

    ag courses; to major in ag.


Ag 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. silver.


ag- 3 American  
  1. variant of ad- before g: agglutinate.


ag. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. agriculture.


Ag. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. August.


A.G. 6 American  
Or AG

abbreviation

  1. Adjutant General.

  2. Attorney General.


AG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Adjutant General

  2. Attorney General

  3. Aktiengesellschaft

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ag 2 British  
/ æx /

interjection

  1. an expression of surprise, annoyance, pleasure, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

  1. an expression used to preface a remark, gain time, etc

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Ag 3 British  

symbol

  1. silver

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ag 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Antigua and Barbuda

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ag1

By shortening

Origin of Ag2

From the Latin word argentum


Example Sentences

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The insurgency, which began in 2012, is led by Iyad ag Ghali, a former Marlboro-puffing rock ‘n’ roller who became radicalized and banned music from the territories he controls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

“We’re also seeing the effects of retaliatory tariffs and third country trade deals on U.S. ag and manufacturing exports,” Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

"While some markets have opened up, we're still not back to exporting as much ag products as we have in the past," he added.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

And for the production and precision ag business, which includes the large ag equipment and advanced agricultural tools and technologies, Deere expects sales for the coming year to decline 5% to 10%.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

Ta mi ag bualadh, τυπτω, I strike, or am striking.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart

O’Neill counters in those races with Civil Liberty and Listenupshance, while Richard Baltas will seek a second straight win with the mare Ag Bullet against males in the Grade 1 Jaipur.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

The answer isn’t straightforward, said Peter Meyer, principal economist with Muddy Boots Ag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Decried by critics as "immunity shields," the measures are a priority for industry groups including the Modern Ag Alliance, founded by Bayer.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Supporting domestic American food production does not mean backing Big Ag.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

“Doug, of Ag, Au, and Hg, which one is the symbol for silver?”

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

UNL students studied agricultural challenges in Ethiopia and wildlife and ecosystem concerns in Botswana as part of programs led by UNL ag- science and natural resources faculty.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2016

An irony of ConAgra’s move is that the company is relocating part of its workforce at a time when Omaha and Nebraska have achieved an impressive ag- and food-science infrastructure and talent pipeline.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2015

It appears as a-, ab-, ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, as in achieve, abbreviate, accede, admire, affix, aggregate, allot, annex, approve, arrive, assign, attract.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

In Ag. pluteus, Fr., and Ag. phaiocephalus, Bull, there is already a commencement of the polygonal form, but the angles are much rounded.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

It is in Ag. sericeus, Ag. rubellus, &c., that the polygonal form becomes most distinct.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

Differs from Ag. xanthodermus in the persistently white flesh. xanthodermus, Genev.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Both are white-spored, and although somewhat local, sufficient specimens of Ag. odorus may be collected in the autumn for domestic use.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

In Dermini the angles are more or less pronounced, and become rather acute in Ag. murinus, Sow., and Ag. ramosus, Bull.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

AI firms heavily use news and other creative content to provide answers — but New York Times Publisher A.G.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

AI companies' "hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products -- a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale," said A.G.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

In an internal email sent on Monday, New York Times owner A.G.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024

"Ken has been a great A.G., and now he can go back to work for the wonderful people of Texas. It was my honor to have helped correct this injustice!"

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2023

He didn't know who "that woman" was or what "A.G." meant.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

UniCredit said it had received the authorization from the ECB to "cross the 30% equity participation threshold in Commerzbank AG... and to increase its stake further without upper limits".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Porsche AG also said at the end of July that it would cut 5,000 jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“The AG is in a different position because it’s just inherent in their role to defend convictions and sentences,” said Natasha Minsker of the California Anti-Death Penalty Coalition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The chip shop fridge is filled with Irn Bru and other AG Barr brands.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Three days later, on the eleventh day AG, Gus’s father called me in the morning.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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