intelligence
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French intelligence.
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- IPA: /ɪnˈtɛl.ɪˌdʒ͡əns/
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intelligence (plural intelligences)
- (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.
- (countable) An entity that has such capacities.
- (uncountable) Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
- (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather such information.
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- (capacity of mind) wit, intellect, brightness
- See also Wikisaurus:intelligence
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capacity of mind
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entity that has such capacities
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information about the enemy
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a department, agency or unit designed to gather such information
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[edit] French
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From Latin intellegentia, ‘intelligence’, from inter-, ‘between’ + legere ‘choose, pick out, read’; inter-lege-nt-ia, literally ‘choosing between’.
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intelligence f.
[edit] Italian
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[edit] Noun
intelligence f.