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intelligence (iou)



intelligence noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin intelligentia, formed as INTELLIGENT: see -ENCE.]
A. noun.
The faculty of understanding; intellect. LME.
artificial intelligence: see ARTIFICIAL adjective 2.
S. Sassoon Was it a mistake..to try and keep intelligence alive when I could no longer call my life my own?
Quickness or superiority of understanding, sagacity. LME.
C. G. Wolff He was a man of considerable intelligence and intellectual promise. Atlantic Monthly Nothing so gives the illusion of intelligence as personal association with large sums of money.
The action or fact of understanding something; knowledge, comprehension (of something). Now rare or obsolete. LME.
John Hamilton It helpis us to the trew intelligence of the scripture.
An intelligent or rational being, esp. a spiritual one; a spirit. LME.
B. Magee History is being directed by some outside intelligence (usually God) in accordance with its own purposes. C. Sagan There may be a time..when contact will be made with another intelligence on a planet of some far-distant star.
Knowledge communicated by or obtained from another; news; information, spec. of military value. Formerly also in pl., items of information. LME.
R. V. Jones I had the ultimate responsibility for providing Intelligence,..pictures of what the Germans were doing. R. Dahl We were enthralled by this piece of intelligence.
b. Exchange of knowledge, information, opinion, etc.; communication, esp. of secret information. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
G. Orwell They had confessed to intelligence with the enemy.
c. A relation or basis of communication between people or parties; an understanding between or with. L16-E19.
Bacon That ill intelligence that we many times see between great personages.
(People employed in) the obtaining of information, esp. of military or political value; the secret service, espionage. E17.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'of or concerned with the gathering of information', as intelligence agency, intelligence department, intelligence officer, intelligence service, etc. Special combs., as intelligence quotient a number arrived at by intelligence tests and intended to denote the ratio of a person's intelligence to the normal or average; intelligence test: designed to measure intelligence rather than acquired knowledge.
B. verb.
verb trans. Bring news of; bring news to, inform. L16-M17.
verb intrans. Convey intelligence; tell tales; act as a spy. Freq. as intelligencing ppl adjective. E17-E18.
intelligenced adjective (rare) having intelligence (of a specified kind or quality) E17.