Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intelligence agency

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

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

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.

Example Sentences

"A mysterious maverick to say the least, the Illusive Man heads the Cerberus network. Dubbed "the illusive empire" by investigators, Cerberus is an allegedly untraceable syndicate of private intelligence agencies, biotics laboratories, engineering and scientific research teams, and lucrative front companies."

Inflected Forms

intelligence agencies (plural)

Synonyms

intelligence service intelligence

Questions

What does intelligence agency mean?: A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.

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