Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

central intelligence agency

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tral in-tel-li-gence a-gen-cy
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

Synonyms

CIA

Questions

What does central intelligence agency mean?: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

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