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  • ag
    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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Precision ag revenue has likely doubled from three years ago, to approximately $6 billion.

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

The go-betweens included Tuareg leader Ahmed ag Bibi, who once fought in an Islamist militant group under Iyad ag Ghali, a former rock ‘n’ roller who now leads JNIM.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

Murray's primitive roots were, ag, bag, dwag, cwag, lag, mag, nag, rag, swag.352.Curtius,

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

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

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

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

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

A.G. and her now-18-year-old son arrived at the southern border in 2019.

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

Le Court of AG Insurance-Soudal, who also crashed early on in the stage, was forced her to change bike just 15 km from the end.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, what does this mean for Blanche’s confirmation for the AG job?

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Find insight on Continental AG, Cebu Air, Geely Automobile and more in the latest Market Talks covering auto and transport.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Florida AG James Uthmeier said he is examining whether CVS’s PBM steers patients to its own pharmacies and pays its pharmacies higher reimbursements than it pays to independent pharmacies.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

The good thing about Ray’s Funeral Home is, at least the AG worked.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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