intelligence
pronunciation
How to pronounce intelligence in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns]
How to pronounce intelligence in American English:
US [ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns]
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- 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)
- new information about specific and timely events
- the operation of gathering information about an enemy
Word Origin
- intelligence (n.)
- late 14c., "faculty of understanding," from Old French intelligence (12c.), from Latin intelligentia, intellegentia "understanding, power of discerning; art, skill, taste," from intelligentem (nominative intelligens) "discerning," present participle of intelligere "to understand, comprehend," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + legere "choose, pick out, read" (see lecture (n.)). Meaning superior understanding, sagacity" is from early 15c. Sense of "information, news" first recorded mid-15c., especially "secret information from spies" (1580s). Intelligence quotient first recorded 1921 (see I.Q.).
Example
- 1. I believe in the inherent intelligence of human beings .
- 2. Rose is a woman who possesses a rare intelligence .
- 3. Learn to use intuition and intelligence in tandem .
- 4. Hedge funds and private-equity firms crave intelligence .
- 5. Kindness will take you further in life than intelligence .