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'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
Caitlin Rose

Meaning of "spied" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spied is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb spied in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPIED

PRESENT

Present
I spy
you spy
he/she/it spies
we spy
you spy
they spy
Present continuous
I am spying
you are spying
he/she/it is spying
we are spying
you are spying
they are spying
Present perfect
I have spied
you have spied
he/she/it has spied
we have spied
you have spied
they have spied
Present perfect continuous
I have been spying
you have been spying
he/she/it has been spying
we have been spying
you have been spying
they have been spying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I spied
you spied
he/she/it spied
we spied
you spied
they spied
Past continuous
I was spying
you were spying
he/she/it was spying
we were spying
you were spying
they were spying
Past perfect
I had spied
you had spied
he/she/it had spied
we had spied
you had spied
they had spied
Past perfect continuous
I had been spying
you had been spying
he/she/it had been spying
we had been spying
you had been spying
they had been spying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will spy
you will spy
he/she/it will spy
we will spy
you will spy
they will spy
Future continuous
I will be spying
you will be spying
he/she/it will be spying
we will be spying
you will be spying
they will be spying
Future perfect
I will have spied
you will have spied
he/she/it will have spied
we will have spied
you will have spied
they will have spied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been spying
you will have been spying
he/she/it will have been spying
we will have been spying
you will have been spying
they will have been spying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would spied
you would spied
he/she/it would spied
we would spied
you would spied
they would spied
Conditional continuous
I would be spying
you would be spying
he/she/it would be spying
we would be spying
you would be spying
they would be spying
Conditional perfect
I would have spied
you would have spied
he/she/it would have spied
we would have spied
you would have spied
they would have spied
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been spying
you would have been spying
he/she/it would have been spying
we would have been spying
you would have been spying
they would have been spying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you spy
we let´s spy
you spy
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to spy
Past participle
spied
Present Participle
spying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIED

spider´s web
spiderish
spiderlike
spiderman
spidermen
spiderweb
spiderwood
spiderwork
spiderwort
spidery
spiegel
spiegeleisen
spiel
Spielberg
spieler
spies
spif
spiff
spiffier
spiffiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIED

canopied
copied
enemy-occupied
espied
occupied
owner-occupied
passepied
photocopied
pied
poppied
preoccupied
reoccupied
self-preoccupied
underoccupied
unespied
unoccupied
unpreoccupied
unspied

Synonyms and antonyms of spied in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spied» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of spied

Translation of «spied» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPIED

Find out the translation of spied to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spied from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spied» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窥探
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espiado
570 millions of speakers

English

spied
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जासूसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجسست
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шпионил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espionado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spied
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

espionné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spied
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bespitzelt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スパイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

염탐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spied
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gián điệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உளவுபார்க்கிறார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Spied
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

casusluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spiato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szpiegował
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шпигував
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spionat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατασκοπεύουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spionerade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spionert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spied

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIED»

The term «spied» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.774 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spied

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «SPIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spied.
1
Whitfield Diffie
Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.
2
Sara Harrison
To know we are being spied on by our own government, and to have someone else's government collaborating on that, to know that data storage is so cheap your information can be kept for years and used to create any kind of story, to me that's a grave attack on human rights.
3
Jon Ronson
My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.
4
Caitlin Rose
'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIED»

Discover the use of spied in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spied and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Women who Spied
From the Biblical days of Delilah to modern times there have been women who ventured at their peril as spies into the conflicts of armed men.
Adolph A. Hoehling, 1992
2
Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin ...
Engineering Communism is the fascinating story of Joel Barr and Alfred Sarant, dedicated Communists and members of the Rosenberg spy ring, who stole information from the United States during World War II that proved crucial to building the ...
Steven T. Usdin, 2012
3
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free ...
Provides a biography of this courageous ex-slave who worked to establish the Underground Railroad, became a Union Army spy, and helped more than seven hundred slaves find their way to freedom in the North.
Thomas B. Allen, 2009
4
Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland
Prev. ed: Michael Collins and the women in his life. Dublin: Mercier Press. 1996.
Meda Ryan, 2006
5
I Spied a Pale Horse
As the new millennium approaches, it is the end of the world for John in more ways than one, for his wife and child are dead, and society lies in ruins as a plague devastates the world.
Mark Timlin, 1999
6
Territory of lies: the exclusive story of Jonathan Jay ...
Blitzer probes the truth, asking: Why did the U.S. withold intelligence important to Israel's (an ally) security? Was Pollard only one member of an Israeli spy network. Illustrated.
Wolf Blitzer, 1989
7
The Guys Who Spied for China
Two disparate men expose an elaborate Chinese Espionage Network operating in the United States. What's remarkable is that most of this story is true.
Gordon Basichis, 2009
8
Folia orchidacea: An enumeration of the known species of orchids
361); " f. lane. acut. coriac. spied soIitariA 2pl5 breviore, ss. subrotundis obt. trinerv." Peru, Humb. et Bonpl. (Kingdom of Quito at 7380') Stem 4", with striated sheaths. Leaf 1" — 14"x2'". Spikeslj". Flowers violet! I find nothing like this among  ...
John Lindley, 1855
9
Eye Spied: Bonus Feature... . the Spy Who Touched Me
This book is a work of fact and fiction...somewhere, someplace a man is teaching, training...spying.
Geneva Johnson, 2011
10
Cyber Spying Tracking Your Family's (Sometimes) Secret ...
A person should have absolutely no indication that they are being covertly spied on. It is expected that they will be less inhibited and will not take extreme measures to hide their behavior as they would if they were being actively monitored.
Eric Cole, Michael Nordfelt, Sandra Ring, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spied is used in the context of the following news items.
1
After Vij, Chautala claims he's being spied on
Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Abhay Singh Chautala has accused the state government of spying on his activities a day after Haryana Health Minister ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Wikileaks: US 'routinely spied' on Brazil
The Wikileaks website says it has evidence that a number of senior Brazilian government officials were routinely spied on by the National Security Agency in the ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Obama administration spied on German media as well as its …
Washington (CNN) An investigation by the German parliament is raising questions on whether the Obama administration not only spied on journalists in that ... «CNN, Jul 15»
4
GCHQ spied on Amnesty International, tribunal tells group in email
The government's electronic eavesdropping agency GCHQ spied illegally on Amnesty ... The revelation that the UK government has been spying on Amnesty ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
WikiLeaks Says NSA Spied On 2 French Finance Ministers, Top …
Just days after WikiLeaks revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on three successive French presidents between 2006 and 2012, the ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
6
Nauru guards allegedly spied on Greens senator Sarah Hanson …
Private security guards at the Australian-run detention camp on Nauru allegedly took the extraordinary step of running a secret surveillance operation on an ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
7
Police report: Scientology leader spied on his dad 'no matter where …
Released Thursday by West Allis police, the 2013 reports detailing Powell's arrest and his spying operation provide an eye-popping new chapter in the ... «Tampabay.com, Apr 15»
8
GCSB spied on inner circle of former Solomon Islands PM and anti …
Revelations that New Zealand spies targeted aides and confidants of the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands are unlikely to damage diplomatic relations, ... «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
9
You can now find out if GCHQ spied on you
People from around the world can join a campaign to find out if British intelligence agency GCHQ illegally spied on them -- and force it to delete the data. «Wired.co.uk, Feb 15»
10
Stig Bergling, Swede who spied for Soviets during Cold War, dies at …
Bergling, a former Swedish security officer who spied for the Soviet Union during the Cold War, has died. He was 77. Bergling's death was first reported ... «Fox News, Jan 15»

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