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spy
What does spy mean?
spy (verb): watch, observe, or inquire secretly.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce spy?
/spaɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does spy come from?
From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of spy?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “spy”?
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What does “spy” mean?
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Right! That's what “spy” means.
to collect normally separate things
Not quite: that's what gather means.
refer for judgment or consideration
Not quite: that's what submit means.
make a logical or causal connection
Not quite: that's what relate means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “spy”?
start
Not quite: start means something else.
thank
Not quite: thank means something else.
close
Not quite: close means something else.
snoop
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