spy

Definitions


[spʌɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor


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Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French espie ‘espying’, espier ‘espy’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin specere ‘behold, look’


[spʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors
(e.g: he agreed to spy for the West)

- discern or make out, especially by careful observation
(e.g: he could spy a figure in the distance)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French espie ‘espying’, espier ‘espy’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin specere ‘behold, look’




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