intelligence
in·tel·li·gence
noun
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
- “we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage”
the operation of gathering information about an enemy
Origin
From Middle English intelligence, from Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia, which is most likely from inter- (“between”) + legere (“to choose, pick out, read”).
Phrases
- adaptive intelligence
- artificial general intelligence
- artificial intelligence
- business intelligence
- communications intelligence
- computational intelligence
- counter intelligence
- electronic intelligence
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