intelligence   (Sound)

The noun intelligence has 5 senses

• intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)


• intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency -- (a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy)


• intelligence, intelligence information -- (secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage")


• news, intelligence, tidings, word -- (information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome")


• intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation -- (the operation of gathering information about an enemy)