Phrase guide

news agency

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of newsagency (“newsagent's shop”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Ireland, alt-of, alternative

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: press agency, wire service, press association, news organization, news organisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agency

Narrower terms: syndicate

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: agjenci e lajmeve — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Albanian: agjenci lajmesh — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Arabic: وَكَالَةُ أَنْبَاء (wakālatu ʔanbāʔ) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Armenian: լրատվական գործակալություն (lratvakan gorcakalutʻyun) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Azerbaijani: xəbər agentliyi — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Belarusian: інфармацы́йнае аге́нцтва (infarmacýjnaje ahjénctva) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Belarusian: інфармацы́йная аге́нцыя (infarmacýjnaja ahjéncyja) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Bengali: সংবাদ সংস্থা (śoṅbad śoṅstha) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Bulgarian: информацио́нна аге́нция (informaciónna agéncija) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Burmese: သတင်းအေဂျင်စီ (sa.tang:egyangci) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞社 /新闻社 (xīnwénshè) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通訊社 /通讯社 (tōngxùnshè) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Czech: zpravodajská agentura — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Danish: nyhedsbureau — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Dutch: persbureau — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Estonian: uudisteagentuur — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Finnish: uutistoimisto — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • French: agence de presse — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Galician: axencia de noticias — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Georgian: საინფორმაციო სააგენტო (sainpormacio saagenṭo) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • German: Nachrichtenagentur — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • German: Presseagentur — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Greek: ειδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο (eidiseografikó praktoreío) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Greek: πρακτορείο ειδήσεων (praktoreío eidíseon) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Hebrew: סוֹכְנוּת יְדִיעוֹת (sokhnút yedi'ót) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Hindi: समाचार संस्था (samācār sansthā) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Hungarian: hírügynökség — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Icelandic: fréttastofa — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Indonesian: kantor berita — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Irish: áisíneacht nuachta — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Italian: agenzia di stampa — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Japanese: 通信社 (tsūshinsha) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Kazakh: ақпарат агенттігі (aqparat agenttıgı) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Kazakh: اقپارات اگەنتتىگى — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Khmer: ទីភ្នាក់ងារសារព័ត៌មាន (tii phnĕək ngiə saapɔədɑɑmiən) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Korean: 통신사 (tongsinsa) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Kyrgyz: жаңылыктар агенттиги (jaŋılıktar agenttigi) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Kyrgyz: маалымат агенттиги (maalımat agenttigi) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Lao: ສໍານັກຂ່າວ (sam nak khāo) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Latvian: preses aģentūra — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Latvian: ziņu aģentūra — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Lithuanian: naujienų agentūra — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Macedonian: новинска агенција (novinska agencija) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Malay: agensi berita — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Mongolian: мэдээллийн агентлаг (medeelliin agentlag) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyhetsbyrå — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyheitsbyrå — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Pashto: خبري اژانس (xabari ažāns) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Iranian Persian: آژانْسِ خَبَری (âžâns-e xabari) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Iranian Persian: خَبَرْگُزاری (xabargozâri) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Polish: agencja prasowa — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Portuguese: agência de notícias — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Romanian: agenție de presă — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Russian: информацио́нное аге́нтство (informaciónnoje agéntstvo) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Russian: аге́нтство новосте́й (agéntstvo novostéj) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Serbo-Croatian: новинска агенција — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Serbo-Croatian: novinska agencija — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Slovak: spravodajská agentúra — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Slovene: tiskovna agencija — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Spanish: agencia de noticias — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Spanish: agencia de información — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Spanish: noticiario — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Swedish: nyhetsbyrå — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Tajik: хабаргузорӣ (xabarguzori) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Tajik: оҷонсии иттилоотӣ (ojonsi-yi ittilooti) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Tajik: агентии хабарӣ (agenti-yi xabari) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Thai: สํานักข่าว (sǎm-nák-kàao) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Turkish: haber ajansı — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Turkmen: habarlar agentligi — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Ukrainian: інформаці́йне аге́нтство (informacíjne ahéntstvo) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Ukrainian: інформаці́йна аге́нція (informacíjna ahéncija) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Urdu: خَبَر رَساں اِدارَہ (xabar rasā̃ idāra) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Urdu: اَخْبار فَروش اِدارَہ (axbār faroś idāra) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Uyghur: خەۋەر ئاگېنتلىقى (xewer agëntliqi) — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Uzbek: informatsion agentlik — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Uzbek: axborot agentligi — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Vietnamese: hãng thông tấn — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Vietnamese: hãng tin — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Vietnamese: thông tấn xã — organisation that gathers and distributes news
  • Yakut: информационнай агентство (informatsionnay agentstvo) — organisation that gathers and distributes news