Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
[syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Central Intelligence Agency
n 1: 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 [syn: Central Intelligence Agency,
CIA]