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faisnéis — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • intelligence noun The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge effectively.
  • predicate noun The part of a sentence that says something about the subject, containing the verb and anything that goes with it.

Senses

faisnéis is used for these senses in English:

  • intelligence (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
  • predicate (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

intelligence — full definition

  1. noun The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge effectively.
  2. noun Secret information gathered about an enemy, rival, or hostile situation, or the agency that collects it.

predicate — full definition

  1. noun The part of a sentence that says something about the subject, containing the verb and anything that goes with it.
  2. verb To base something on a particular fact, idea or condition. Usually used as "predicated on".
  3. noun In logic and computing, an expression that takes one or more values and returns true or false.

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