ag
adjective
agriculture.
ag
1 American
[ag]
/ æg /
adjective
Informal.
Ag
2
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
ag-
3
American
ag.
4
American
abbreviation
Ag.
5
American
abbreviation
A.G.
6
American
Or
AG
abbreviation
-
Adjutant General.
-
Attorney General.
AG
1
British
abbreviation
-
Adjutant General
-
Attorney General
-
Aktiengesellschaft
ag
2
British
/ æx /
interjection
Ag
3
British
symbol
ag
4
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of ag1
By shortening
Origin of Ag2
From the Latin word argentum
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
“I think a lot of the problem is that ag relationships are based on trust, and agriculture borrowers tend to work with banks for multiple generations,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The company has 150 million highly engaged acres, or acres that utilize Deere technology for multiple production steps, and is generating about $40 of precision ag revenue per highly engaged acre.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 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
Again—there are forms such as ang, amb, and, &c., which are merely a strengthening of the roots ag, ab, ad, or at, and which also are found in a number of appellative forms.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
The Tuareg group has received drone training from Ukrainian volunteers online as well as from private Russian individuals and other nationalities, according to Attaye Ag Mohamed, another of its spokesmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
In a statement, Nutrien Ag Solutions said that the violations “were resolved years ago, with prompt action taken at the time to address and correct them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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
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
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
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
Differs from Ag. xanthodermus in the persistently white flesh. xanthodermus, Genev.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Booth started up DFA in his Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., brownstone in 1981, after forays in indexing at Wells Fargo and A.G.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
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
A.G. said she was heartened to hear Noem say Sunday on Fox News that every Venezeulan who had TPS “has the opportunity to apply for refugee status and that evaluation will go forward.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
In an internal email sent on Monday, New York Times owner A.G.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024
He didn't know who "that woman" was or what "A.G." meant.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
Thirty AG seats are up for election this November.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
That effort has effectively been put to bed, as Menendez concluded that Congress never intended to allow the AG to access voter records and papers that state election officials create.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The quiet of AG takes over and I can finally hear what Len is saying.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
