capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit.
the faculty of understanding.
knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information.
the gathering or distribution of information, especially secret information.
Government.
information about an enemy or a potential enemy.
the evaluated conclusions drawn from such information.
an organization or agency engaged in gathering such information: military intelligence; naval intelligence.
interchange of information: They have been maintaining intelligence with foreign agents for years.
Christian Science. a fundamental attribute of God, or infinite Mind.
(often initial capital letter) an intelligent being or spirit, especially an incorporeal one, as an angel.
Origin of intelligence
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin intelligentia.See intelligent, -ence
The company has published some of the research underpinning these different “biological clock” algorithms, many of which use artificial intelligence to make predictions based on the data, in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
What’s your biological age? A new app promises to reveal it—and help you slow the aging process|Jeremy Kahn|September 17, 2020|Fortune
One of the major selection pressures on humans was to outsmart each other, otherwise known as the Machiavellian intelligence hypothesis.
The Dark Side of Smart - Facts So Romantic|Diana Fleischman|September 15, 2020|Nautilus
Clients are working with us very consultatively to extract intelligence on what’s on decision-makers’ minds.
‘Without the luxury of time’: The Wall Street Journal rolls out new products for the fast-tempo ad market|Lucinda Southern|September 15, 2020|Digiday
Instead, Huang offered vaguer assurances that Nvidia will invest in an artificial intelligence research center in Cambridge, including building one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers there.
Why Nvidia’s purchase of Arm worries the U.K. tech sector|Jeremy Kahn|September 14, 2020|Fortune
International organizations and corporations are racing to develop global guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes|Amy Nordrum|September 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review
According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq|IranWire|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They eye the door anxiously, convinced that at any moment, a Pakistani or Iranian intelligence officer will come barging in.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some in the intelligence community seem to have followed through on that plan.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a short time a young priest appeared with the intelligence that his superior awaited the Prince's visit.
An Egyptian Princess, Complete|Georg Ebers
How could intelligence of the calamity be most gently communicated?
Fairy Fingers|Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
There was nothing to detain him in town but the dread of communicating this intelligence to his wife.
Debit and Credit|Gustav Freytag
Of nervous force and brain-power as the real source of intelligence, they 87had no idea.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various
Impulse is primary and intelligence is secondary and in some sense derivative.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
British Dictionary definitions for intelligence
intelligence
/ (ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns) /
noun
the capacity for understanding; ability to perceive and comprehend meaning
good mental capacitya person of intelligence
old-fashionednews; information
military information about enemies, spies, etc
a group or department that gathers or deals with such information
(often capital)an intelligent being, esp one that is not embodied
(modifier)of or relating to intelligencean intelligence network
Derived forms of intelligence
intelligential, adjective
Word Origin for intelligence
C14: from Latin intellegentia, from intellegere to discern, comprehend, literally: choose between, from inter- + legere to choose
The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge, especially toward a purposeful goal.
An individual's relative standing on two quantitative indices, namely measured intelligence, as expressed by an intelligence quotient, and effectiveness of adaptive behavior.