intelligence
/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
Frequency: 4.70 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
Uncountable
noun
The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes."
- "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."
- "From a religious point of view, a bodhisattva with sharp faculties and great intelligence can cause a tremendous upheaval if he or she misuses that power under the influence of negative emotions, like attachment and hatred."
- "The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate, Received and gave him welcome there."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: intelligence, intelligentia