World English Dictionary
intelligence (ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |||||||||||||||
| — n | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | the capacity for understanding; ability to perceive and comprehend meaning | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | good mental capacity: a person of intelligence | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | old-fashioned news; information | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | military information about enemies, spies, etc | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | a group or department that gathers or deals with such information | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | ( often capital ) an intelligent being, esp one that is not embodied | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | ( modifier ) of or relating to intelligence: an intelligence network | ||||||||||||||
| [C14: from Latin intellegentia, from intellegere to discern, comprehend, literally: choose between, from inter- + legere to choose] this is the dictionary meaning | |||||||||||||||
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