Read full poem →Her woods--her wilds--her mountains--the intense
Reply of Hers to Our intelligence!_
In youth I have known one with whom the Earth
Dictionary Entry
intelligence
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/Word FrequencyCommon (5.75)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.
In a Sentence
“The article includes intelligence to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“My state of mind, which refers ... he proceeds to argue that the whole _either_ to unseen he himself is outside its intelligence, _or something sacred pale because he refers which man has never had any all these strange phenomena to conception of_, proves me to _unseen spiritual be out of the pale of the intelligence_.”
“When implemented with our training programme for managers and team leaders to use this intelligence, we guarantee improvements in operational results in short timescales. eg's proprietary software package eg operational intelligence® including eg work manager® has been developed and refined over the last 18 years and f”
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Origin
From Latin intelligentia through Old French intelligence, meaning ‘understanding.’
Common Phrases
. intelligenceagency intelligencetests intelligencetest intelligenceintelligence artificialintelligence centralintelligence humanintelligence military
Poetry examples for “intelligence”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"Prepare to meet him, and dismiss your tears."
Shall not th' intelligence your grief restrain,
And turn the mournful to the cheerful strain?
Read full poem →For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track;
And one eye's black intelligence,--ever that glance
O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance!
