intelligence

Universal Words 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. seealsoARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE 2 secret information that is collected about a foreign country, especially one that is an enemy; the people that collect this information: intelligence reports / operations * the US Central Intelligence Agency * intelligence sources (= people who give this information) * the head of military intelligence