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1. | The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding. | ||||
2. | The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment. | ||||
3. | Information communicated; news; notice; advice. | ||||
4. | Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. | ||||
5. | (Mil.) Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. | ||||
6. | An intelligent being or spirit; - generally applied to pure spirits; | ||||
7. | (Mil.) The division within a military organization that gathers and evaluates information about an enemy.
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Noun | 1. | intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience Antonyms: stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
2. | intelligence - a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy Synonyms: intelligence agency, intelligence service | |
3. | intelligence - secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" Synonyms: intelligence information | |
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5. | intelligence - the operation of gathering information about an enemy Synonyms: intelligence activity, intelligence operation |