ag
/ˈæɡ/
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General South African/ˈax/
ag is the clipping of agriculture.
ag is the clipping of aggregate.
ag is the alternative letter-case form of AG.
Meaning of agriculture
Noun
agriculture (countable and uncountable, plural agricultures)
- The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
- Meronyms: tillage, cropping
Meaning of aggregate
Noun
aggregate (countable and uncountable, plural aggregates)
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an...1898, Arthur Berry, chapter 12, in A Short History of Astronomy, Herschel
- Synonyms:
- cluster
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary.1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities
- A set (collection of objects).
- The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017
- Synonyms:
- agg
- Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
Interjection
- Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.
- Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee1962, Jeremy Taylor, “Ag Pleez Deddy”
- ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88
Proper noun capitalized: AG
AG (uncountable)
- Initialism of American Girl.
- Triggered by the AG collection of dolls, books, and accessories, this cultural phenomenon is changing the way girls conceptualize America and themselves2002, Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Peggy J. Kreshel, ““I’m an American Girl . . . Whatever That Means”: Girls Consuming Pleasant Company’s American Girl Identity”, in Journal of Communication, volume 52...
- There are more than eighty thousand different kinds of American Girl Doll videos on YouTube. A smattering are just AG enthusiasts showing off their collections.2012 December 23, Dodai Stewart, “The Weird and Amazing World of American Girl Doll Music Videos”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2013
- Initialism of Administrator-General, the governor of Namibia under South African occupation.
Noun (1) capitalized: AG
AG (countable and uncountable, plural AGs)
- Initialism of Attorney General.
- Despite James’ cool display, she is feeling the heat from the Trump Department of Justice, which opened a criminal investigation into the AG after receiving a complaint from the Federal Housing Finance Agency last month.2025 May 8, Hannah Fierick and Shane Galvin, “AG Letitia James heckled over mortgage fraud case at town hall: ‘Apologize to Donald Trump’”, in New York Post
- Initialism of Auditor General.
- Abbreviation of agricultural aviation.
- An aggressive (a butch woman, especially a Black butch woman); an aggressive girl.
- Cross-dressers in full bloom sang and danced beside Doms and AGs, butches and femmes joined arms with gay men and lesbians - all of them their own rainbow of Black, white, Latino, Asian.2004, Penny Mickelbury, Darkness Descending, Kings Crossing Publishing, →ISBN, page 130
- But I still cannot pretend that transgender in general does not continue to fail me when it does not fulfill its promise of butch inclusion. It fails all butches, AGs/aggressives, and studs who find themselves facing the same issues of[…]2010 January 8, Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, Seal Press, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Ag
Ag (countable and uncountable, plural Ags)
- Abbreviation of August.
- Clipping of agriculture.
- Symbol for antigen.
- Ag receptor
- Antonyms:
- Ab, antibody, Ig, immunoglobulin
- Abbreviation of Aung.
Antonyms of ag
Forms of ag
| plural | ags |
|---|---|
| plural | AGs |
| alternative form | A.G. |
| alternative form | A. G. |
| alternative form | A-G |
| alternative form | A.-G. |
| alternative form | AG. |
| alternative form | Ag. |
| alternative form | Ag |
| alternative form | ag |
| plural | Ags |
Origin of ag
Clipping of agriculture or agricultural.
Clipping of aggregate.
Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.
Words formed from ag
Words that rhyme with ag
Questions about ag
- What does ag mean?
- Ag means expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.
- What is ag the clipping of?
- Ag is the clipping of agriculture.
- What part of speech is ag?
- Ag can be an interjection, a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ag?
- Ag is pronounced /ˈæɡ/.
Words near ag in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ag (page history and authors); AG (page history and authors); Ag (page history and authors); agriculture (page history and authors); aggregate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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