Intelligence ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns Call Ambulance People Military Noun Bre

• a person of high/average/low intelligence
• he didn't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance.
• intelligence reports
• the us central intelligence agency

intelligence

1. the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do this well
• see also artificial intelligence
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/artificial-intelligence
• a person of high/average/low intelligence
• He didn't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance.
2. secret information that is collected, for example about a foreign country, especially one that is an enemy; the people that collect this information
• intelligence reports
• the US Central Intelligence Agency
• intelligence sources (= people who give this information)
• the head of military intelligence

Extra Examples

• At least he had the intelligence to turn off the gas.
• Computer scientists study artificial intelligence.
• He works for the French intelligence service.
• His unit was responsible for intelligence gathering in North Africa.
• Military intelligence is gathered using sophisticated technology.
• Please don’t insult my intelligence by lying to me.
• The FBI and the CIA need to share intelligence on terrorism.
• The consultancy focused on leadership and emotional intelligence.
• This essay shows considerable intelligence.
• We’ve obtained secret intelligence about enemy plans.
• a writer with an acute intelligence
• Don’t insult my intelligence.
• Each child had to do an intelligence test.
• He didn’t even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance.
• He’s head of military intelligence.
• I always thought of him as a man of limited intelligence.
• Intelligence sources report that a terrorist attack is highly probable.
• Is it really possible to measure intelligence?
• Language is crucial to the development of artificial intelligence.
• Most people of average intelligence would find this task quite difficult.
• Perhaps I underestimated your intelligence.
• Wakefulness in a baby is sometimes seen as a sign of intelligence.
• You will not be expected to know a great deal but you will need to show your intelligence.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin intelligentia, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.