Spy - English meaning

verb

See or observe (someone or something, especially of remarkable or impressive nature).

Usage examples:

Behold your lord and prince!

verb

To see or look at

Usage examples:

He looked up and beheld the stranger sitting across the table, smiling a secret smile.

verb

To see or look at someone or something

Usage examples:

The new bridge is an incredible sight to behold.

idiom

To see something only for a moment

Usage examples:

I caught sight of someone with red hair and knew it was you.

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

verb

Catch sight of.

Usage examples:

She descried two figures

verb

To see or notice something or someone

Usage examples:

Miss bates, passing near the window, descried mr knightley on horseback not far off.

verb

Discover or identify the presence or existence of.

Usage examples:

Cancer may soon be detected in its earliest stages

verb

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

verb

To notice something that is partly hidden or not clear or to discover something, esp. using a special method

Usage examples:

Some sounds cannot be detected by the human ear., x-ray procedures can detect a tumor when it is st…

verb

Recognize or find out.

Usage examples:

I can discern no difference between the two policies

verb

To be able to see, recognize, understand, or decide something

Usage examples:

He could discern the note of urgency in their voices., the exhibit is arranged in no important orde…

verb

To see, recognize, or understand something that is not clear

Usage examples:

I could just discern a figure in the darkness., it is difficult to discern any pattern in these fig…

noun

The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.

Usage examples:

The camouflage and secrecy of espionage

noun

The discovering of a country’s or business organization’s secrets by using spies (= people who secretly gather information within a country or organization)

Usage examples:

Industrial espionage

noun

The activity of secretly collecting and reporting information, especially secret political, military, business, or industrial information

Usage examples:

Engage in/conduct/commit espionage three people were also accused of engaging in espionage against …

verb

Catch sight of.

Usage examples:

She espied her daughter rounding the corner

verb

To suddenly or unexpectedly see something, especially something a long distance away

Usage examples:

She suddenly espied someone waving at her from the window.

noun

A momentary or partial view.

Usage examples:

She caught a glimpse of the ocean

verb

See or perceive briefly or partially.

Usage examples:

He glimpsed a figure standing in the shade

noun

A person who handles or deals with certain articles or commodities.

Usage examples:

A baggage handler

noun

A person who trains and takes care of animals, esp. as a job

Usage examples:

A dog handler

noun

A company that moves goods from one place to another

Usage examples:

A cargo/freight handler they are china's largest domestic cargo handler., the institute would like …

noun

The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Usage examples:

An eminent man of great intelligence

noun

The ability to understand and learn well, and to form judgments and opinions based on reason

Usage examples:

He’s a child of normal intelligence but he’s emotionally immature., foreign intelligence

noun

The ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily

Usage examples:

Her high intelligence, ability and drive were evident from the start., people questioned the intell…

noun

A small burrowing mammal with dark velvety fur, a long muzzle, and very small eyes, feeding mainly on worms, grubs, and other invertebrates.

Usage examples:

The fur of moles is velvety and can lie equally well in any direction, which allows easy movement i…

noun

A small, often slightly raised blemish on the skin made dark by a high concentration of melanin.

Usage examples:

A mole on her arm had not been there at the beginning of the summer

noun

A large solid structure on a shore serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway.

Usage examples:

The north and south moles connect to the shore and the seabed ascends from 30m to nothing along the…

noun

The fact of observing or paying attention to something.

Usage examples:

Their silence did not escape my notice

verb

Become aware of.

Usage examples:

He noticed the youths behaving suspiciously

verb

To see or become conscious of something or someone

Usage examples:

I noticed a crack in the ceiling., mary waved at the man but he didn't seem to notice., [ + (that) …

verb

Notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.

Usage examples:

She observed that all the chairs were already occupied

verb

Watch attentively

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Usage examples:

Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

noun

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.

Usage examples:

An excellent aircraft for low-level reconnaissance

noun

A soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force so as to gather information about the enemy's position, strength, or movements.

Usage examples:

Forward scouts reported that the enemy were massing at two points ahead

verb

Make a search for someone or something in various places.

Usage examples:

I was sent to scout around for a place to park the camper

verb

Reject (a proposal or idea) with scorn.

Usage examples:

He scouts the claim that the aristocrats cared much for the art treasures their ancestors had bought

verb

Perceive with the eyes; discern visually.

Usage examples:

In the distance she could see the blue sea

noun

The place in which a cathedral church stands, identified as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop.

Usage examples:

He was elected to fill the vacant see

verb

Past of see1.

noun

The faculty or power of seeing.

Usage examples:

Joseph lost his sight as a baby

verb

Manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of.

Usage examples:

Tell me when you sight london bridge

noun

The ability to see, or the act of seeing something

Usage examples:

Machines don’t have a sense of sight., the sight of sick children disturbs her., i know david by si…

verb

Investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs.

Usage examples:

Your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about

noun

A furtive investigation.

Usage examples:

I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop

verb

Watch, observe, or inquire secretly

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

Judge steve evans takes on these unspooky spooks and non-existent ghosts - and he doesn't mind one …

verb

Frighten; unnerve.

Usage examples:

They spooked a couple of grizzly bears

noun

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.

Usage examples:

Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb

Short for spotlight.

verb

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun

Close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.

Usage examples:

He found himself put under surveillance by british military intelligence

noun

The act of watching a person or a place, esp. a person believed to be involved with criminal activity or a place where criminals gather

Usage examples:

The parking lot is kept under video surveillance.