intelligence agency
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2.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns ˈeɪdʒənsi/
- Specialized
- The government relies on several intelligence agencies to gather information about foreign threats.
- U.S. intelligence agency
- cooperation with intelligence agencies
- military intelligence agency
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Watch on YouTubeLet me ask you about intelligence agencies outside of the CIA.
- Let me ask you about intelligence agencies outside of the CIA.
- I mean, Putin dominates his intelligence agencies, right?
- And then the threats come from the Israeli intelligence agencies.
- He was known to the UK intelligence agencies.
- And there's a guy in Washington, Michael Bagley, who runs a private intelligence agency called Jellyfish.
- It's time to put a real check on the growing vast powers of our intelligence agencies while we still can.
- Nobody ever sided with a guy like Putin against our intelligence agencies.
- The Central Intelligence Agency and the Monroe Institute have done a multitude of studies together on remote viewing.
- Everybody, all the, the American military, the intelligence agencies, NATO, his own staff advisors all told him to flee and he stayed.
- Now Russia has a huge intelligence agency, China.
- So the three components are intelligence agencies, press and formers.
- There's benefits in every intelligence agency sharing Intel.
- But that's got to be done and for the intelligence agencies.
- The Satanists do have their own people in the intelligence agencies, so that they make that.
- What you just described is what makes intelligence agencies crazy because there are no secrets.
Examples
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Many intelligence agencies cooperate to share critical information for national security.
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After analyzing the data, the intelligence agency concluded that there was no imminent danger.
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- We're a private intelligence agency.
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We have every major intelligence agency already hunting us down.
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An independent, international intelligence agency... operating at the highest level of discretion.
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But now our friendship is well known to intelligence agencies all over the world.
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Despite the best efforts of many intelligence agencies, his murder had remained a mystery.
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That's what the intelligence agencies are meant to do.
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Let me ask you about intelligence agencies outside of the CIA.
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For example, U.S. intelligence agencies are reported to have had knowledge about those who attacked Mumbai before they struck.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.8
A US government agency that gathers information about other countries to protect national security
932
3.0
Government or army team that collects and studies secret information
166
3.8
A United States government organization that collects secret information and protects US computer systems
42
3.0
A group that gathers and studies secret information for a government
36
4.7
An organization that collects and studies secret information for governments
31
3.8
A US government agency that protects secret information and gathers foreign intelligence
29
3.9
A team in the armed forces that gathers and studies information for military plans
24
2.8
A United States government organization that collects secret information about other countries
9
6.7
A United States government agency that collects information about other countries' militaries
8
3.9
A part of the United States government that gives military information to help plan operations and buy weapons
6
3.8
A part of the United States Army that gathers and studies information for military leaders
2
6.2
A Russian government agency that gathers information and carries out operations abroad
2
5.8
A government group in Iraq that gathers secret information and runs secret operations to protect the country
1
3.2
A group in the armed forces that collects and studies information about enemy plans and troops
1
4.6
A United States Navy agency that gathers and studies information for security and operations
1
6.8
United States government agency that makes and studies maps and satellite images for national security
1
3.9
A British government group that gathers secret information overseas and protects Britain from foreign spies
1
7.0
The main spy agency of Pakistan that gathers information inside and outside the country
1
3.5
A government group from another country that collects secret information
1
7.0
A part of the United States State Department that studies events abroad and advises diplomats
1
3.5
A government body that gathers and reports information to protect Canada
1
5.9
The main government spy agency in Pakistan that gathers secret information about security
A British government service that gathers secret information abroad and runs secret operations
How Powerful
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- Specialized
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2.8
22
3.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'intelligence' (information gathering/analysis) + 'agency' (an organization) yields an organization that collects and analyzes intelligence. This noun–noun compound pattern is common across languages and follows standard English word-formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Intelligence agency joins intelligence (meaning useful information) and agency (a group that acts). Imagine a team collecting pieces of a puzzle, secret facts they then study to keep the country safe, so intelligence agency means a group that 'collects and studies information' about threats or other countries.