intelligence

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You may lay claim to a fair share because your intelligence is above the average, but that is the point--complexity is a matter of intelligence, and as men are, as a rule, far more intelligent than women, with far more densely furnished brains But here she boxed his ears and left the room.

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  1. noun The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
  2. noun The faculty of thought and reason.
  3. noun Superior powers of mind. See Synonyms at mind.
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  • If his intelligence was a fire, you couldn't see it on the darkest night Weed cleaned his fingernails for a few moments, scowling over his money thoughts. —  135 - The Three Devils
  • What this intelligence was and how it came to pass must now be narrated. —  Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II
  • This intelligence was the source of new excitement and agitation. —  Cleopatra
  • This intelligence was available to them, in advance of their vote to authorize the use of force.
  • I see zero evidence that his intelligence is above average, and —  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
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  1. from Middle English intelligence, intelligens, from Old French (also F.) intelligence = Provencal intelligencia, entelligencia = Spanish inteligencia = Portuguese intelligencia = Italian intelligenza, from Latin intellegentia, intelligentia, discernment, understanding, intelligence, from intellegen(t-)s, intelligen(t-)s, discerning, intelligent: see intelligent.
  2. from intelligence, n.
 

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