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inteligencia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cleverness noun The quality of being intelligent, quick-witted, or resourceful.
  • intelligence noun The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge effectively.
  • intelligentsia noun The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
  • wit noun The ability to say clever, funny things quickly.

Senses

inteligencia is used for these senses in English:

  • cleverness Something clever, or done cleverly.
  • intelligence (mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.
  • intelligence (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
  • intelligentsia (politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
  • wit The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

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.

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