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intelligence

noun
/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *legō✻
  2. derived from intelligentia
  3. derived from intelligence
  4. inherited from intelligence

Definitions

  1. The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings,…

    The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.

    • ...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
    • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.

  2. The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities

    The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.

    • From a religious point of view, a bodhisattva with sharp faculties and great intelligence can cause a tremendous upheaval if he or she misuses that power under the influence of negative emotions, like attachment and hatred.

  3. An entity that has such capacities.

    • The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate, Received and gave him welcome there.
    • The living intelligence, the Martian within the hood, was slain and splashed to the four winds of heaven, and the thing was now but a mere intricate device of metal whirling to destruction.
    • But there are latent powers within man alone that are not yet fully understood and[…] we cannot definitely state what is, and what is not, due to the interference or influence of discarnate intelligences.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Information, often secret, about an enemy or about hostile activities.

    2. A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information,…

      A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

    3. Acquaintance

      Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

      • He liv’d rather in a fair Intelligence than any Friendſhip with the Favourites;[…]

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Derived

adaptive intelligence, anti-intelligence, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, business intelligence, CIA, co-intelligence, communications intelligence, computational intelligence, counter-intelligence, counter intelligence, counterintelligence, cyberintelligence, electronic intelligence, ELINT, emotional intelligence, extelligence, fluid intelligence, human intelligence, HUMINT, hyperintelligence, insult one's intelligence, intel, intelligence agency, intelligence asset, intelligence community, intelligenced, intelligence-gathering, intelligencelike, intelligence office, intelligence officer, intelligence quotient, intelligencer, intelligence service, intelligencing, IQ, machine intelligence, MI5, MI6, misintelligence · +11 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intelligence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at intelligence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at intelligence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA