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- US Pronunciation
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- [hyoo-mint or, often, yoo-]
- /ˈhyu mɪnt or, often, ˈyu-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hyoo-mint or, often, yoo-]
- /ˈhyu mɪnt or, often, ˈyu-/
Definitions of humint word
- noun humint the gathering of political or military intelligence through secret agents. 1
- noun humint Covert intelligence-gathering by agents or others. 1
- noun humint human intelligence: military intelligence gained from human sources with knowledge of the target area 0
- noun humint (Uncountable Noun) Information gained from intelligence agents, or spies, and interrogation. 0
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Origin of humint
First appearance:
before 1975 One of the 1% newest English words
1975-80; hum(an) int(elligence)
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Parts of speech for Humint
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
humint popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
humint usage trend in Literature
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