Definition of intelligences Intelligences
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What does intelligences mean?
Wiktionary 
- intelligences (Noun)
Plural of intelligence.
Part of speech
🔤- intelligences, noun, plural of intelligence.
WordNet
NounPlural: intelligence |
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| intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience | ||
| stupidity a stupid mistake | ||
| intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" | ||
| unintelligent, stupid lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" | ||
| ability, power the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment | ||
| brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit, brain a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | ||
| breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" | ||
| intellect, mind that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" | ||
| nonverbal intelligence intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language | ||
| verbal intelligence intelligence in the use and comprehension of language | ||
| mental quickness, quick-wittedness, quickness intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay | ||
| mental dexterity, nimbleness intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind; "nimbleness of wit and imagination" | ||
| brilliance, genius unusual mental ability | ||
| precociousness, precocity intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | ||
| acuity, acuteness, keenness, sharpness sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) | ||
| brightness, cleverness, smartness the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white | ||
| perspicaciousness, shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | ||
| intelligence - the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||
| intelligence activity, intelligence operation | ||
| information gathering the act of collecting information | ||
| undercover work, spying the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes | ||
| current intelligence intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest; usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation | ||
| combat intelligence, tactical intelligence intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations | ||
| strategic intelligence intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at national and international levels | ||
| sigint, signals intelligence intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence | ||
| clandestine operation an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment | ||
| overt operation the collection of intelligence openly without concealment | ||
| reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" | ||
| intelligence - a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy | ||
| intelligence service, intelligence agency | ||
| administrative body, administrative unit a unit with administrative responsibilities | ||
| military intelligence agency, military intelligence information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations | ||
| united states intelligence agency an intelligence service in the United States | ||
| ic, intelligence community, national intelligence community, united states intelligence community a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence | ||
| intelligence - secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" | ||
| intelligence information | ||
| info, information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" | ||
| intelligence - information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" | ||
| news, tidings, word | ||
| info, information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" | ||
| good word good news | ||
| latest the most recent news or development; "have you heard the latest?" | ||
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Wiktionary
- intelligence (Noun)
Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to learn and comprehend. - intelligence (Noun)
An entity that has such capacities. - intelligence (Noun)
Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities. - intelligence (Noun)
A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intelligence (n.)
The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding. - intelligence (n.)
The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment. - intelligence (n.)
Information communicated; news; notice; advice. - intelligence (n.)
Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. - intelligence (n.)
Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. - intelligence (n.)
An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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intelligence
The problem solving ability.
Wikipedia 
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Intelligence is a property of the mind. People do not agree on what intelligence is, exactly. The idea comes from Latin "intelligo". A part of intelligence allows people to solve problems. These problems may be easy to solve. They may also be hard to solve, and involve abstract thought.
If a solution is found to a problem, it can be remembered. That way, the problem is solved more quickly when it comes up again. That is what is called learning.
There is disagreement about what has more impact on intelligence, genetics or environment.
Some people say that intelligence can be tested. An intelligence test for them would be solving many problems in a very short time. Most of the problems have to do with seeing things, or telling what a rotated shape will look like. Some are also related to mathematics, for example to tell what number is next. Other tests have to do with words. After doing such a test, they will then calculate a number they call Intelligence Quotient (IQ). Since most of the words on these tests have to do with Latin, some people say that an Intelligence Quotient only measures how much a person has learned Latin. People in other parts of the world have very different ideas about the mind.
Some people try to build machines that try to act as if they were intelligent. That is related to Computer science and is called Artificial intelligence (man-made "intelligence" that is not real).
Some say that intelligent behaviour is when an organism (a living thing) reacts enou
Part of speech
🔤- intelligence, noun, singular of intelligences.
