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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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spy

/spʌɪ/

US pronunciation

American sound/spʌɪ/

spy

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

US voice -> spy

Myanmar meaning

(n) သူလျို

Full entry

spy /spaÇ / n

၁။ သူလျှို။ suspected of being a spy ❍ spy stories ❍ a spy plane/satellite (ie one used for observing the activities of an enemy).
၂။ အထောက်တော်။ သတင်းပေး။ police spies (ie people employed by the police to watch suspected criminals). Compare MOLE² ၂
v (pt, pp spied )
၁။ သူလျှိုလုပ်သည်။ She was accused of spying (for the enemy).
၂။ (fml or joc ) (usu not in the continuous tenses) မြင်မိသည်။ သတိထားမိသည်။ We spied three figures in the distance. ❍ I spied someone coming up the garden path.
❏ spy on sb/sth [PHRV ] စောင့်ကြည့်သည်။
spy on the enemy's movements ❍ I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.
❏ spy out the land [IDM ] အခြေအနေ စုံစမ်းသည်။ I got to the restaurant early to spy out the land before she arrived.

More examples

A spy story/thriller/novel

Synonyms

secret agent, undercover agent, detective, scout, emissary, mole, agent, behold, case, catch sight of, detect, discern, discover, double agent, eavesdrop, espionage agent, espy, examine, explore, eyeball, find out, fish out, foreign agent, get a load of, glimpse, hole-and-corner, infiltrator, informer, inside agent, intelligencer, investigate, investigator, keep under surveillance, listen in, look for, lookout, meddle, nose around, notice, observe, observer, on the QT, operative, patrol, peep, picket, plant, poke around, pry, recon, reconnoiter, research, scrutinize, search, search out, secret service, secretly follow, see, set eyes on, shadow, sleeper, sleuth, snoop, spook, spot, spotter, stag, stake out, sub-rosa, tail, take in, take note, trail, under cover, undercover, view, watch, watcher, work undercover

Antonyms

ignore, miss, neglect, overlook

Cross references

secret agent undercover agent detective scout emissary mole agent behold case catch sight of detect discern discover double agent eavesdrop espionage agent espy examine explore eyeball find out fish out foreign agent get a load of glimpse hole-and-corner infiltrator informer

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