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intelligence

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"Mental ability"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/Part of speech nounSorted ceeegiillnntStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the operation of gathering information about an enemy

Word origin

From Middle English intelligence, from Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia, which is from inter- (“between”) + legere (“to choose, pick out, read”), from Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”). Doublet of intelligentsia.

Used in a sentence

  • 1936 Feb., F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up", Esquire: ...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
  • intelligence quotient
  • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.

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