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शब्द आवृत्ति

spy

(spaɪ )

शब्द प्रारूप:plural, 3rd person singular present tense spies , present participle spying , past tense, past participle spied

1. गणनीय संज्ञा

A spy is a person whose job is to find out secret information about another country or organization.

He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

The spy ring passed secrets to the enemy.

समानार्थी शब्द:undercover agent, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent spy के अधिक समानार्थी

2. विशेषण [ADJECTIVE noun]

A spy satellite or spy plane obtains secret information about another country by taking photographs from the sky.

3. क्रिया

Someone who spies for a country or organization tries to find out secret information about another country or organization.

The agent spied for the government for more than twenty years. [VERB + for]

East and West are still spying on one another. [VERB + on]

I never agreed to spy against the United States. [VERB + against]

समानार्थी शब्द:be a spy, snoop [informal], gather intelligence, be engaged in spying spy के अधिक समानार्थी

spying अगणनीय संज्ञा

...a ten-year sentence for spying.

समानार्थी शब्द:espionage, reconnaissance, infiltration, undercover work spy के अधिक समानार्थी

4. क्रिया

If you spy on someone, you watch them secretly.

That day he spied on her while pretending to work on the shrubs. [V + on n]

If you were invisible, who would you spy on? [V +on n]

5. क्रिया

If you spy someone or something, you notice them.

[literary]

He was walking down the street when he spied an old friend. [VERB noun]

समानार्थी शब्द:catch sight of, see, spot, notice spy के अधिक समानार्थी

spy के अधिक समानार्थी

Video: pronunciation of 'spy'

शब्द आवृत्ति

spy in American

(spaɪ ; spī)

सकर्मक क्रियाशब्द प्रारूप:spied or ˈspying

to watch or observe closely and secretly, usually with unfriendly purpose

often with out

to catch sight of; make out; perceive; see

अकर्मक क्रिया

to watch or observe closely and secretly; specif., to act as a spy

to make a close examination or careful inspection

संज्ञाशब्द प्रारूप:plural spies

a person who keeps close and secret watch on another or others

6. US

a person employed by a government to get secret information about or monitor the affairs, plans, armed forces, etc. of another government

a person employed by a company, as in industry or commerce, to discover the business secrets of another company

8. Rare

an act of spying

विशेषण

of or about spies or espionage

10.

used for purposes of military espionage

spy plane, spy satellite

मुहावरे:

spy out

spy के शब्द मूल

ME spien < OFr espier < OHG spehōn, to search out, examine < IE base *spe57457-, to spy, watch closely > L specere, to see, Sans spaśati, (he) sees, Gr skopein, to observe

शब्द आवृत्ति

spy in British

(spaɪ )

संज्ञाशब्द प्रारूप:plural spies

a person employed by a state or institution to obtain secret information from rival countries, organizations, companies, etc

a person who keeps secret watch on others

3. obsolete

a close view

क्रियाशब्द प्रारूप:spies, spying or spied

4. (intransitive; usually foll by on)

to keep a secret or furtive watch (on)

5. (intransitive)

to engage in espionage

6. (transitive)

to catch sight of; descry

spy के शब्द मूल

C13 spien, from Old French espier, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German spehōn, Middle Dutch spien

spy युक्त उदाहरण वाक्य

ये उदाहरण स्वचालित रूप से चुने गए हैं और इसमें संवेदनशील सामग्री हो सकती है अधिक पढ़ें…

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