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WordNet 3.0
noun
  1. the operation of gathering information about an enemy
    intelligence  intelligence activity  intelligence operation 

  2. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
    intelligence 

  3. information about recent and important events
    "they awaited news of the outcome"
    news  intelligence  tidings  word 

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

  5. a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
    intelligence  intelligence service  intelligence agency 

WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun
  1. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

  2. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.

  3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.

  4. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.

  5. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

  6. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain


      

    'intelligence' English examples of use

    • The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts
    • They have no monopoly on intelligence
    • a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time
    • a moderate grade of intelligence
    • a nonverbal intelligence test
    • a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence
    • a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence
    • an avower of his own great intelligence
    • clandestine intelligence operations
    • great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence
    • he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
    • in intelligence he was head and shoulders above the others in his class
    • let's use these intelligence tests judiciously
    • manifold intelligence
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