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 Definitions of Intelligence  [ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒəns]  

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Definition of 'Intelligence' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) intelligence
capacity for learning, reasoning, and understanding; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.

2.  intelligence
mental alertness or quickness of understanding.

3.  intelligence
manifestation of a high mental capacity.

4.  intelligence
the faculty or act of understanding.

5.  intelligence
information received or imparted; news.

6.  intelligence
secret information, esp. about an enemy or potential enemy.

7.  intelligence
the gathering or distribution of such information.

8.  intelligence
the evaluated conclusions drawn from such information.

9.  intelligence
an organization engaged in gathering such information:
military intelligence.

10.  intelligence
(often cap.) an intelligent being or spirit, esp. an incorporeal one.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L)

Definition of 'Intelligence' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) intelligence
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

2. (noun) intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

3. (noun) intelligence, intelligence information
secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
"we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"

4. (noun) news, intelligence, tidings, word
information about recent and important events
"they awaited news of the outcome"

5. (noun) intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
the operation of gathering information about an enemy


Definition of 'Intelligence' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) intelligence
the quality of being intelligent, or the degree to which sb is intelligent
people of average intelligence; Her intelligence was obvious.

2.  intelligence
secret information gathered about enemies
to gather intelligence about sb


Definition of 'Intelligence' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Intelligence
the act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding

2. (noun) Intelligence
the capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment

3. (noun) Intelligence
information communicated; news; notice; advice

4. (noun) Intelligence
acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity

5. (noun) Intelligence
knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information

6. (noun) Intelligence
an intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence


Definitions of 'Intelligence' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Intelligence
The grand inquisitor that tortures from every truth the confession that it lies, and from every lie a confession of its divine necessity.


Definition of 'Intelligence' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Intelligence
The ability to learn and to deal with new situations and to deal effectively with tasks involving abstractions.


Definition of 'Intelligence' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  Intelligence
The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. The term is also applied to the activity which results in the product and to the organizations engaged in such activity. See also acoustic intelligence; all-source intelligence; basic intelligence; combat intelligence; communications intelligence; critical intelligence; current intelligence; departmental intelligence; domestic intelligence; electronic intelligence; electro-optical intelligence; foreign intelligence; foreign instrumentation signals intelligence; general military intelligence; human resources intelligence; imagery intelligence; joint intelligence; laser intelligence; measurement and signature intelligence; medical intelligence; military intelligence; national intelligence; nuclear intelligence; open-source intelligence; operational intelligence; political intelligence; radar intelligence; scientific and technical intelligence; security intelligence; strategic intelligence; tactical intelligence; target intelligence; technical intelligence; technical operational intelligence; terrain intelligence.


Translation of 'Intelligence' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the quality of being intelligent
It requires a high degree of intelligence to do this job well.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: intelligensie Arabic flag Arabic: ذَكاء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: интелигентност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: inteligência Czech flag Czech: inteligence German flag German: die Intelligenz
Danish flag Danish: intelligens; begavelse Greek flag Greek: ευφυΐα, νοημοσύνη Spanish flag Spanish: inteligencia
Estonian flag Estonian: intelligentsus Farsi flag Farsi: هوش Finnish flag Finnish: älykkyys
French flag French: intelligence Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְבוּנָה Hindi flag Hindi: बुद्धिमत्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: inteligencija Hungarian flag Hungarian: intelligencia Indonesian flag Indonesian: intelegensi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: greind, gáfur Italian flag Italian: intelligenza Japanese flag Japanese: 知能
Korean flag Korean: 지력 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: protas, intelektas Latvian flag Latvian: intelekts; prāts; gara sp
Malay flag Malay: kecerdasan Dutch flag Dutch: intelligentie Norwegian flag Norwegian: intelligens, forstand
Polish flag Polish: inteligencja Persian flag Persian: هوش Pashto flag Pashto: ځيركي، پوهه، خبرتيا، استخ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: inteligência Romanian flag Romanian: inteligenţă Russian flag Russian: ум, интеллект
Slovak flag Slovak: inteligencia Slovenian flag Slovenian: bistroumnost Serbian flag Serbian: inteligencija
Swedish flag Swedish: intelligens Thai flag Thai: ความฉลาด Turkish flag Turkish: zekâ, akıl
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 智力 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розум, інтелект Urdu flag Urdu: ذہانت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trí thông minh Chinese flag Chinese: 智力

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'Intelligence' - Nearby Entries  

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