/ ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns; NAmE / noun [ U ]
1.
the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do this well :
a person of high / average / low intelligence
He didn't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance.
—see also artificial intelligence
2.
secret information that is collected, for example about a foreign country, especially one that is an enemy; the people that collect this information :
intelligence reports
the US Central Intelligence Agency
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : via Old French from Latin intelligentia , from intelligere understand, from inter between + legere choose.