Meanings
nounnews agency (plural news agencies)
plural news agencies
- An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.
Synonyms: press agency
- AustraliaIrelandalternativeAlternative form of newsagency (“newsagent's shop”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.
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nounan agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
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Translations
Arabic وَكَالَةُ أَنْبَاء
- وَكَالَةُ أَنْبَاء (wakālatu ʔanbāʔ)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Bengali সংবাদ সংস্থা
- সংবাদ সংস্থা (śoṅbad śoṅstha)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Bulgarian информацио́нна аге́нция
- информацио́нна аге́нция (informaciónna agéncija)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Chinese Mandarin 新聞社 /新闻社, 通訊社 /通讯社
- 新聞社 /新闻社 (xīnwénshè)organisation that gathers and distributes news
- 通訊社 /通讯社 (tōngxùnshè)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Czech zpravodajská agentura
- zpravodajská agenturaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Danish nyhedsbureau
- nyhedsbureauorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Dutch persbureau
- persbureauorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Estonian uudisteagentuur
- uudisteagentuurorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Finnish uutistoimisto
- uutistoimistoorganisation that gathers and distributes news
French agence de presse
- agence de presseorganisation that gathers and distributes news
German Nachrichtenagentur, Presseagentur
- Nachrichtenagenturorganisation that gathers and distributes news
- Presseagenturorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Greek ειδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο, πρακτορείο ειδήσεων
- ειδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο (eidiseografikó praktoreío)organisation that gathers and distributes news
- πρακτορείο ειδήσεων (praktoreío eidíseon)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Hebrew סוֹכְנוּת יְדִיעוֹת
- סוֹכְנוּת יְדִיעוֹת (sokhnút yedi'ót)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Hindi समाचार संस्था
- समाचार संस्था (samācār sansthā)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Hungarian hírügynökség
- hírügynökségorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Icelandic fréttastofa
- fréttastofaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Indonesian kantor berita
- kantor beritaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Irish áisíneacht nuachta
- áisíneacht nuachtaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Italian agenzia di stampa
- agenzia di stampaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Japanese 通信社
- 通信社 (tsūshinsha)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Korean 통신사
- 통신사 (tongsinsa)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Latvian preses aģentūra, ziņu aģentūra
- preses aģentūraorganisation that gathers and distributes news
- ziņu aģentūraorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Lithuanian naujienų agentūra
- naujienų agentūraorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Malay agensi berita
- agensi beritaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Norwegian Bokmål nyhetsbyrå
- nyhetsbyråorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Polish agencja prasowa
- agencja prasowaorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Portuguese agência de notícias
- agência de notíciasorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Romanian agenție de presă
- agenție de presăorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Russian информацио́нное аге́нтство, аге́нтство новосте́й
- информацио́нное аге́нтство (informaciónnoje agéntstvo)organisation that gathers and distributes news
- аге́нтство новосте́й (agéntstvo novostéj)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Slovak spravodajská agentúra
- spravodajská agentúraorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Spanish agencia de noticias, agencia de información
- agencia de noticiasorganisation that gathers and distributes news
- agencia de informaciónorganisation that gathers and distributes news
- noticiarioorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Swedish nyhetsbyrå
- nyhetsbyråorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Thai สำนักข่าว
- สำนักข่าว (sǎm-nák-kàao)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Turkish haber ajansı
- haber ajansıorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Ukrainian інформаці́йне аге́нтство, інформаці́йна аге́нція
- інформаці́йне аге́нтство (informacíjne ahéntstvo)organisation that gathers and distributes news
- інформаці́йна аге́нція (informacíjna ahéncija)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Urdu خَبَر رَساں اِدارَہ, اَخْبار فَروش اِدارَہ
- خَبَر رَساں اِدارَہ (xabar rasā̃ idāra)organisation that gathers and distributes news
- اَخْبار فَروش اِدارَہ (axbār faroś idāra)organisation that gathers and distributes news
Vietnamese hãng thông tấn, hãng tin
- hãng thông tấnorganisation that gathers and distributes news
- hãng tinorganisation that gathers and distributes news
- thông tấn xãorganisation that gathers and distributes news
Cite this entry
APA
news agency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20agency
MLA
“news agency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20agency. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “news agency,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20agency.
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