intelligence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The ability to learn, understand, and think clearly.

   Dolphins are known for their high intelligence.

2. 2
   noun

   Secret information collected about an enemy or rival, or the activity of gathering it.

   The spy passed military intelligence to his country.

From Middle English intelligence, from Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia, which is from inter- (“between”) + legere (“to choose, pick out, read”), from Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”). Doublet of intelligentsia.

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