intelligence

Noun

intelligence (plural intelligences)

1. (uncountable) Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practise; the ability to learn and comprehend.
2. (countable) A form of life that has such capacities.
3. (uncountable) Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
4. (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather such information.
5. Basic intelligent behaviour:The ability to make productive decisions for a specific task, given a root objective.This decision will be based on learning which requires the ability to hold onto results from previous tasks,and being able to analyse.The root ojective for living organisms is simply survival.The "specific task" could be a choice of food,i.e.one that provides long steady supply of energy as it will b a long while before the next mealtime.This is in perfect harmony with the root objective (survival).***Flymo

Synonyms:

• (capacity of mind) wit, intellect, brightness

12 letters in word "intelligence": C E E E G I I L L N N T.

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