FBI
- 1Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is the everyday short name for the main national police agency of the United States.
The FBI is looking into the bank robbery.
An FBI agent came to our school to talk about staying safe online.
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- 2A joke name, short for 'female body inspector', for a man who likes looking at women.
He told the lifeguard he was FBI, then laughed and showed her his joke badge.
My uncle thinks his FBI hat is hilarious, but my aunt just rolls her eyes.
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- 3A group that spoke for British companies from 1916 to 1965, before the CBI replaced it.
Many big factories joined the FBI after the First World War.
The FBI asked the government for lower taxes on British goods.
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- 4A number that tells firefighters how strong and fast a fire is likely to burn.
Like a danger scale for fires: a bigger number means a bigger risk.
The FBI is very high today, so campfires are not allowed in the park.
Firefighters check the FBI each morning before deciding where to send their crews.
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- 5A list a computer uses to find data, where every entry is the same size.
Like a parking lot where every space is the same size, so you can find space 50 without checking the others.
The program uses an FBI to find each record quickly.
After we switched to an FBI, searches took half as long.
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