Intelligence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Intelligence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Intelligence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intelligence n the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience Antonym(s): stupidity a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy Synonym(s): intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" Synonym(s): intelligence, intelligence information information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" Synonym(s): news, intelligence, tidings, word the operation of gathering information about an enemy Synonym(s): intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intelligence \Intel"ligence\, n. [F. intelligence, L. intelligentia, intellegentia. See {Intelligent}.] 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. And dimmed with darkness their intelligence. --Spenser. 3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice. Intelligence is given where you are hid. --Shak. 4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.] He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites. --Clarendon. 5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence. --Court of Love. 6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --Milton. The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate, Received and gave him welcome there. --Tennyson. {Intelligence office}, an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired. Syn: Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice; notification; news; information; report.