intelligence (ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
)
Definitions
noun
- the capacity for understanding; ability to perceive and comprehend meaning
- good mental capacity ⇒
a person of intelligence
- old-fashioned news; information
- military information about enemies, spies, etc
- a group or department that gathers or deals with such information
- (often capital) an intelligent being, esp one that is not embodied
- (modifier) of or relating to intelligence ⇒
an intelligence network
Alternative Forms
inˌtelliˈgential adjectiveWord Origin
C14: from Latin intellegentia, from intellegere to discern, comprehend, literally: choose between, from inter- + legere to chooseSynonyms
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intellect,
understanding,
brains,
mind,
reason,
sense,
knowledge,
capacity,
smarts,
judgment,
wit,
perception,
awareness,
insight,
penetration,
comprehension,
brightness,
aptitude,
acumen,
nous,
alertness,
cleverness,
quickness,
discernment,
grey matter,
brain power,
Quotations
"Intelligence is characterised by a natural incomprehension of life"
"Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity"
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function"
"Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are"
"Intelligence ... is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas"
Translations
- British English:
intelligence
Your intelligence is your ability to understand and learn things....a man of exceptional intelligence.ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns NOUN ...a man of exceptional intelligence.
- Spanish:
inteligencia
nf
- French:
intelligence
nf
- German:
Intelligenz
nf
- Chinese: 智力 n
- Arabic: ذَكَاءٌ n
- Portuguese: inteligência nf
- Russian: интеллект nm
- Croatian: inteligencija nf
- Czech: inteligence nf
- Danish: intelligens nutr
- Dutch: intelligentie nf
- Finnish: älykkyys n
- Greek: ευφυΐα nf
- Italian: intelligenza nf
- Japanese: 知能 n
- Korean: 지성 n
- Norwegian: intelligens nm
- Polish: inteligencja nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: inteligência nf
- European Spanish:
inteligencia
nf
- Swedish: intelligens nutr
- Thai: สติปัญญา n
- Turkish: zeka n
- Vietnamese: trí thông minh n
Usage examples
The idea of our intelligence operation here is to make those situations safer, not to exacerbate them with thoughtlessness.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)The incomplete work is included and here his lively character and intelligence are plain, as is his charm.
New Scientist (2004)All states tend to be defensive about their army, police and intelligence services.
Irish Times (2002)More recently, LCS spearheaded the $50m Oxygen project in 1999 in conjunction with MIT's artificial intelligence lab.
Glasgow Herald (2001)