The meaning of Intelligence

noun

The ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.

Usage examples:

She hides a shrewd business acumen

noun

The ability to make correct judgments

Usage examples:

Mr. estavez has real business acumen.

noun

Skill in making correct decisions and judgments in business or in a particular area of business

Usage examples:

He is an astute man with sound business acumen., commercial/financial/legal acumen

noun

An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.

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A brain tumour

verb

Hit (someone) hard on the head with an object.

Usage examples:

She brained me with a rolling pin

noun

Mental ability; intelligence.

Usage examples:

Most humans use only a small fraction of their total useful brainpower

noun

Your intelligence or your ability to think

Usage examples:

Solving this problem has taken all my brainpower.

noun

An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.

Usage examples:

A brain tumour

verb

Hit (someone) hard on the head with an object.

Usage examples:

She brained me with a rolling pin

noun

The ability to understand something.

Usage examples:

Some won't have the least comprehension of what i'm trying to do

noun

The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.

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The camouflage and secrecy of espionage

noun

The discovering of a country’s or business organization’s secrets by using spies (= people who secretly gather information within a country or organization)

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Industrial espionage

noun

The activity of secretly collecting and reporting information, especially secret political, military, business, or industrial information

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Engage in/conduct/commit espionage three people were also accused of engaging in espionage against …

noun

The action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage.

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The army fenced parts of the border in an effort to stop militant infiltration

noun

The process of secretly becoming part of a group in order to get information or to influence the way that a group thinks or behaves

Usage examples:

Police infiltration of greenpeace sparked the scandal., it is important to manage moisture infiltra…

noun

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something.

Usage examples:

His mind soared to previously unattainable heights of insight

Clear or deep perception of a situation

noun

A clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation, or the ability to have such an understanding

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[ c ] hurston’s writings were recognized for their insights., [ u ] his work shows originality and …

noun

The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.

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He was a man of action rather than of intellect

noun

A person’s ability to think and understand esp. ideas at a high level

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[ c ] the stroke left her partially paralyzed, but her intellect was not affected.

noun

The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.

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An error of judgement

noun

→  judgment

noun

The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.

Usage examples:

A lot of thoughts ran through my mind

verb

Be distressed, annoyed, or worried by.

Usage examples:

I don't mind the rain

noun

The part of a person that makes it possible for him or her to think, feel emotions, and understand things

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Her mind was full of what had happened the night before, and she just wasn't concentrating., of cou…

noun

The action or process of closely observing or monitoring something or someone.

Usage examples:

She was brought into hospital for observation

noun

A remark made about something you have noticed

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She made an interesting observation about the poet’s intentions., he was admitted to the hospital f…

noun

The quality of being very good at noticing and understanding things that many people do not notice

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The review discussed the film's perceptiveness about human nature., he gave a performance of extrao…

noun

A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.

Usage examples:

She asked him to return, but didn't give a reason

verb

Think, understand, and form judgements logically.

Usage examples:

Humans do not reason entirely from facts

noun

The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

Usage examples:

He explained the reasoning behind his decision at a media conference

verb

Think, understand, and form judgements logically.

Usage examples:

Humans do not reason entirely from facts

verb

Short for reconnaissance.

noun

Informal for reconnaissance specialized

noun

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.

Usage examples:

An excellent aircraft for low-level reconnaissance

noun

A faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.

Usage examples:

The bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk

verb

Perceive by a sense or senses.

Usage examples:

With the first frost, they could sense a change in the days

verb

The faculty through which the external world is apprehended

verb

Work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors.

Usage examples:

He agreed to spy for the west

verb

Present participle of spy

Usage examples:

He was arrested for spying on missile sites., i generally like to spy out restaurants before i go t…

noun

Close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.

Usage examples:

He found himself put under surveillance by british military intelligence

noun

The act of watching a person or a place, esp. a person believed to be involved with criminal activity or a place where criminals gather

Usage examples:

The parking lot is kept under video surveillance.

noun

The ability to understand something; comprehension.

Usage examples:

Foreign visitors with little understanding of english

adjective

Sympathetically aware of other people's feelings; tolerant and forgiving.

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A kind and understanding man

verb

Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker).

Usage examples:

He didn't understand a word i said

noun

The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence.

Usage examples:

She does not lack perception or native wit

verb

Have knowledge.

Usage examples:

I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of