how to pronounce spy

/ˈspaɪ/

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spy is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of spy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… process to spy on american citizens i …”

meaning of spy

A spy is someone who is employed to gather information about the enemy.

spy frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word spy occurs in english on average 11.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics spy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that spy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;