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[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
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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
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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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