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Intelligence Definition

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Intelligence

Etymology

From Old French intelligence.

Pronunciation

Noun

intelligence (countable and uncountable; plural intelligences)

  1. (uncountable) Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to learn and comprehend.
    • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
      Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.
  2. (countable) An entity that has such capacities.
  3. (uncountable) Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
  4. (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

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French

Etymology

From Latin intellegentia (“the act of choosing between, intelligence”), from intellegō (“understand”), from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

Noun

intelligence f. (plural intelligences)

  1. intelligence; cleverness

Italian

Etymology

English intelligence.

Noun

intelligence f. inv.

  1. A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information.

 

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