news agency
noun
news agency is a noun meaning “An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-W-S-A-G-E-N-C-Y. The plural of news agency is news agencies.
What does news agency mean?
noun
- 1
An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.
- 2
AustraliaIrelandAlternative form of newsagency (“newsagent's shop”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce news agency?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-news_agency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of news agency
- news agencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
News agency in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense organisation that gathers and distributes news:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | agence de presse |
| German | Nachrichtenagentur, Presseagentur |
| Portuguese | agência de notícias |
| Spanish | agencia de noticias, agencia de información, noticiario |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.