intelligence

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Etymology

From Old French intelligence.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtɛl.ɪˌd​͡ʒəns/

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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 such information.

Synonyms

• (capacity of mind): wit, intellect, brightness
• See also Wikisaurus:intelligence

Derived terms

• artificial intelligence
• machine intelligence
• CIA
• IQ
• MI5
• MI6
• SIS

Translations

capacity of mind

Albanian: zbulimit (sq) Arabic: ذكاء (ar) (dhakaa') m. Armenian: բանականություն (hy) (banakanut'yun), խելք (hy) (xelk’) Catalan: intel·ligència f., seny m., llestesa f. Chinese: Mandarin: 心智 (cmn) (xīnzhì), 智力 (cmn) (zhìlì) Croatian: inteligencija (hr) f. Czech: inteligence (cs) f. Danish: intelligens (da) c. Dutch: intelligentie (nl) f. Esperanto: inteligenteco (eo) Estonian: arukus (et) Faroese: vit (fo) n. Finnish: äly (fi), älykkyys (fi) French: intelligence (fr) f. German: Intelligenz (de) f. Greek: νοημοσύνη (el) (noimosýni) f. Hebrew: אינטליגנציה (he) (inteligéntsya) f., שכל (he) (sekhel) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: intelligencia (hu) Icelandic: greind (is) f. Ido: inteligenteso (io)

Italian: intelligenza (it) f. Japanese: 知力 (ja) (ちりょく, chiryokú) Korean: 지혜 (ko) (jihye), 이해력 (ko) (ihaeryeok) Latin: ingenium (la) n., intelligentia (la) f. Latvian: saprāts (lv) m. Lithuanian: inteligencija (lt) f. Macedonian: интелигенција (mk) (inteligéncija) f. Mongolian: оюун ухаан (mn) (oyuun uhaan) Norwegian: intelligens (no) m. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: هوش (fa) (hush) Polish: inteligencja (pl) f. Portuguese: inteligência (pt) f. Romanian: inteligență (ro), judecată (ro) Russian: интеллект (ru) (intellékt) m., интеллигентность (ru) (intelligéntnost') f. Slovene: inteligenca (sl) f. Spanish: inteligencia (es) f. Swedish: intelligens (sv) c. Telugu: మేధస్సు (meadhassu) Thai: ปรีชา (th) (bpreechaa), เมธา (th) (maytaa), สมอง (th) (sàmŏng) Turkish: zekâ (tr) Yiddish: שׂכל (seykhl) m.

entity that has such capacities

Catalan: intel·ligència f. Chinese: Mandarin: 情報 (cmn), 情报 (cmn) (qíngbào) Croatian: inteligencija (hr) f. Czech: inteligence (cs) f. Danish: intelligens (da) c. Dutch: intelligent wezen (nl) n. Esperanto: inteligento (eo)

Estonian: haritlane (et) German: intelligentes Leben (de) n. Greek: ευφυΐα (el) (effyḯa) f. Macedonian: интелигенција (mk) (inteligéncija) f. Portuguese: inteligência (pt) f. Russian: интеллигенция (ru) (intelligéncija) f. Turkish: akıllı yaşam (tr)

information about the enemy

Arabic: معلومات (ar) (ma3lumaat) f. pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 情報 (cmn), 情报 (cmn) (qíngbào) Danish: efterretninger (da) Dutch: inlichtingen (nl) Estonian: luureandmed (et) Finnish: tiedustelutieto French: renseignements (fr) m. pl. German: Geheimdienstinformationen (de) f. pl. Greek: πληροφορία (el) (pliroforía) f.

Japanese: 情報 (ja) (じょうほう, jōhō) Korean: 정보 (ko) (jeongbo) (情報 (ko)) Latin: nūntius (la) m. Macedonian: разузнавање (mk) (razuznávanje) n. Polish: wywiad (pl) m. Portuguese: inteligência (pt) f. Russian: разведданные (ru) (razveddánnyje) n. pl., разведывательные данные (ru) (razvédyvatel'nyje dánnyje) n. pl., сведения (ru) (svédenija) n. pl. Turkish: istihbarat (tr) (istihbārat)

a department, agency or unit designed to gather such information

Arabic: جهاز المخابرات (ar) (jihaaz al-mukhaabaraat) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 情報機構 (cmn), 情报机构 (cmn) (qíngbào jīgòu) Croatian: obavještajna služba (hr) f. Czech: zpravodajská služba (cs) f., rozvědka (cs) f. Danish: efterretningstjeneste c. Dutch: inlichtingendienst (nl) m. Estonian: luure (et) Faroese: fregnartænasta (fo) f. Finnish: sotilastiedustelu (fi)

French: renseignements (fr) m. pl. German: Geheimdienst m., Nachrichtendienst m., Sicherheitsdienst m. Greek: υπηρεσία πληροφοριών (el) (ypiresía pliroforión) f. Hebrew: אגף המודיעין (he) (agaf ha'modi'in) Hungarian: hírszerzés (hu) Japanese: 情報機関 (ja) (じょうほうきかん, jōhō kikan) Macedonian: разузнавачка служба (mk) (razuznávačka slúžba) f. Portuguese: inteligência (pt) f. Russian: разведка (ru) (razvédka) f. Slovene: obveščevalna služba (sl) f. Turkish: istihbarat teşkilatı (tr) (istihbārat teşkīlātı)

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Etymology

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

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Noun

intelligence f. (plural intelligences)

1. intelligence; cleverness

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Italian

Etymology

English intelligence.

Noun

intelligence f. inv.

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