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(n)
Information about current events disseminated by the media.
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the operation of gathering information about an enemy
new information about specific and timely events
(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
(adv)
In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
(slang) State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
The capability for rational thought.
Humour, especially when clever or quick.
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
(informal) information.
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
(adj)
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Power of acute observation and deduction
The act by which something is noticed.
(informal, chiefly US) intelligence; smartness
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
(politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.
(idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.
British form of inquiry. [The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.]
The property of being clever.
A city in Missouri.
A question; an interrogation.
(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
espionage; the act of secretly gathering information
The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
(especially espionage and military) Intelligence (secret information).
Such creation in journalism, as contrasted with other aspects such as analysis and opinion.
Misspelling of reconnaissance. [The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.]
The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
The national intelligence agency of Israel.
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
(countable, business) Initialism of request for information.
(British) Initialism of Secret Intelligence Service. [(UK, formal) MI6]
(US, humorous) Female body inspector.
Initialism of Central Intelligence Agency.
(US) Acronym of Center for Strategic and International Studies.
(obsolete) Alternative form of chi. [The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.]
A period of time just before an important event.
true confidential information
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
The quality of being astute.
The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
Mental ability; intelligence.
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
The quality of being shrewd.
Lack of intelligence.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
Acronym of human intelligence. [(espionage) Intelligence-gathering by means of human sources and interpersonal communication.]
The characteristic of being intellectual; intellectual ability.
The state or condition of being insightful.
counterespionage
The state or quality of being perceptive.
Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
A member of the intelligentsia; an intelligent person.
The quality of being articulate.
The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
The state or quality of being canny.
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.
The power or ability to generate an outcome.
The state of being intuitive.
The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
A marked natural ability or skill.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
The use or development of the intellect.