intelligence

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♦ in|tel|li|gence /ɪnt'elɪdʒəns/
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Intelligence is the quality of being intelligent or clever.
She's a woman of exceptional intelligence.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Intelligence is the ability to think, reason, and understand instead of doing things automatically or by instinct.
Nerve cells, after all, do not have intelligence of their own.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
Intelligence is information that is gathered by the government or the army about their country's enemies and their activities.
Why was military intelligence so lacking?ar|ti|fi|cial in|tel|li|gence
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Artificial intelligence is a type of computer technology which is concerned with making machines work in an intelligent way, similar to the way that the human mind works. The abbreviation AI is also used.emo|tion|al in|tel|li|gence
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Emotional intelligence is used to refer to people's interpersonal and communication skills.
This is an age when we boast of our emotional intelligence and we claim to feel each other's pain.

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