intelligence

CEFRA2

/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to learn, understand, and solve problems.

  2. 02

    noun

    Secret information gathered about people, groups, or countries.

Examples

  • She is known for her high intelligence and sharp critical thinking.

  • To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

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

  3. An individual's expected relative performance in a cognitive test.

More examples

In context

  • Sometimes I doubt your intelligence.

  • 1936 Feb., F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up", Esquire: ...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.

  • intelligence quotient

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Origin

noun

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.