English noun: intelligence |
1. | intelligence (cognition) the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ability, power |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acuity, acuteness, astuteness, brain, brainpower, breadth, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, comprehensiveness, genius, intellect, keenness, largeness, learning ability, marbles, mental capacity, mental dexterity, mental quickness, mentality, mind, nimbleness, nonverbal intelligence, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, precociousness, precocity, quick-wittedness, quickness, sharpness, shrewdness, smartness, verbal intelligence, wit, wits |
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| Attribute | intelligent, stupid, unintelligent |
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| Antonyms | stupidity |
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2. | intelligence (group) a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy |
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| Synonyms | intelligence agency, intelligence service |
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| Broader (hypernym) | administrative body, administrative unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | IC, Intelligence Community, international intelligence agency, military intelligence, military intelligence agency, National Intelligence Community, United States intelligence agency, United States Intelligence Community |
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3. | intelligence (communication) secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) |
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| Samples | We sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage.
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| Synonyms | intelligence information |
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| Broader (hypernym) | info, information |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | military intelligence |
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4. | intelligence (communication) information about recent and important events |
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| Samples | They awaited news of the outcome.
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| Synonyms | news, tidings, word |
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| Broader (hypernym) | info, information |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | good word, latest, update |
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5. | intelligence (act) the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
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| Synonyms | intelligence activity, intelligence operation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | information gathering |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clandestine operation, combat intelligence, counterintelligence, current intelligence, overt operation, reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, SIGINT, signals intelligence, spying, strategic intelligence, tactical intelligence, undercover work |
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