ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPY
Spien, from Old French espier, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German spehōn, Middle Dutch spien.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPY
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 spy
you would spy
he/she/it would spy
we would spy
you would spy
they would spy
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 spy
you would have spy
he/she/it would have spy
we would have spy
you would have spy
they would have spy
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
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.
10 QUOTES WITH «SPY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
spy.
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel.
The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.
Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs.
What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street and getting people jobs, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half.
I've always loved film, and since I knew I probably couldn't be a cowboy or a spy in real life, I thought I'd play one in a movie! I started doing theater in middle school and tested for 'Victorious' before being in an episode of 'iCarly.'
In America, you have the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. You've got drones now being considered for domestic surveillance. You have the National Security Agency building the world's giantest spy center.
Slightly embarrassing admission: Even when I was a kid, I used to have these little spy books, and I would, like, see what everybody was doing in my neighborhood and log it down.
Right whales, for all their size, are surprisingly athletic. They roll, they slap their flukes, they lift their heads out of the water in a move known as a spy hop. They find playthings and are particularly fond of swimming repeatedly through clumps of seaweed, which slides over them like a feathered boa.
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPY»
Discover the use of
spy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism.
Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism.
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy.
Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism.
Kids will learn all about the history of spying, what goes into a secret agent tool kit, and how to decode a secret message. The Big Book of Spy Stuff even covers what spies should do when they run into an ethical dilemma.
New edition of this insider's guide to the secret world of espionage expanded to include new spy case studies and gadgets Deliberately secretive and shadowy, the world of the spy is one that only a privileged few can understand.
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Spy Spectacular: A Book of Picture Riddles
Rhyming text invites young readers to find objects hidden in each photograph, with extra rhyming riddles to be matched with the photographs.
Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism.
Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism.
Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent?
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spy is used in the context of the following news items.
Spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard granted parole
(CNN) Convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard has been granted parole and will be released from an American jail on Nov. 21, his lawyer announced Tuesday ... «CNN, Jul 15»
Convicted spy could be released by Obama administration within …
(Reuters). Jonathan Pollard, a convicted Israeli spy, could be released from federal prison within months, his lawyer and the Justice Department said Friday. «Fox News, Jul 15»
Box Office: 'Spy' Tops With $30 Million, 'Entourage' Cools Off
Melissa McCarthy pushed “Spy” to a $30 million debut in an otherwise lackluster weekend at the box office as summer ticket sales continue to disappoint. «Variety, Jun 15»
Spy
On your knees, slaves! Melissa McCarthy is comedy royalty. And Spy, her best screen funfest to date, seals her coronation. Playing CIA agent Susan Cooper, ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 15»
Spy Agency: North Korea Executes Its Defense Chief With Anti …
Just days after grabbing international attention for reportedly testing a submarine-fired ballistic missile, North Korea executed its defense chief on the order of ... «NPR, May 15»
WATCH: ISIS Israeli Spy Execution With Child Executioner
A new video released by the Islamic State shows alleged Mossad agent Mohamed Sa'id Ismail Musallam being shot by a child executioner. According to The ... «Heavy.com, Mar 15»
The spy in your pocket
The story, based on documents from Edward Snowden, a former employee of America's National Security Agency, said that spies at GCHQ, Britain's equivalent ... «The Economist, Feb 15»
The unglamorous life of a modern spy in the new 'El Dorado of …
There may have been vast changes in surveillance technology, giving the NSA and GCHQ previously unimaginable powers. But the life of the spy on the ground ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Ex-spy chief disappears in latest plot twist of Argentina scandal
... Fernandez de Kirchner already had a plot as twisted as a Machiavelli novel. But this week, it contorted again, when the country's former spy chief disappeared. «CNN, Feb 15»
Canada Seeks to Strengthen Spy Agency After Attacks
While it would not gain powers of arrest, the spy agency would, among other things, be able to cancel travel arrangements, shut down bank accounts, provide ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
