{
    "term": "intelligence",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do this well",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a person of high/average/low intelligence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't even have the intelligence to call for an ambulance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a director, he tends to underestimate the intelligence of his audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please don't **insult my intelligence** by lying to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At least she had the intelligence to turn off the gas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This essay shows considerable intelligence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always thought of him as a man of limited intelligence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it really possible to measure intelligence?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people of average intelligence would find this task quite difficult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Perhaps I underestimated your intelligence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wakefulness in a baby is sometimes seen as a sign of intelligence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will not be expected to know a great deal but you will need to show your intelligence."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "high"],
                "verb + intelligence": ["have", "demonstrate", "show"],
                "intelligence + noun": ["test"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "secret information that is collected, for example about a foreign country, especially one that is an enemy; the people that collect this information",
            "sensetop": "intelligence on somebody/somethingintelligence about somebody/somethingintelligence from somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the head of **military intelligence**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the collection of foreign intelligence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the director of national intelligence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They hope to **gather** more **intelligence** on any further plots.",
                    "contextForm": "intelligence on somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've obtained secret intelligence about enemy plans.",
                    "contextForm": "intelligence about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government had intelligence from several different sources.",
                    "contextForm": "intelligence from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**intelligence agencies/services**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **intelligence officer/official/agent**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **intelligence community** *(= all the people that collect this information)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**intelligence sources** *(= people who give this information)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**intelligence reports**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works for the French intelligence service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His unit was responsible for intelligence gathering in North Africa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the use of human intelligence (= information collected by people) in foiling terrorist attacks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Military intelligence is gathered using sophisticated technology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The FBI and the CIA need to share intelligence on terrorism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Intelligence sources report that a terrorist attack is highly probable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two countries agreed to exchange intelligence information to fight against terrorism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have learned important lessons from the intelligence failures that preceded the terrorist attacks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Congress created permanent intelligence committees in both houses."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["secret", "good", "reliable"],
                "verb + intelligence": ["collect", "gather", "get"],
                "intelligence + noun": ["agency", "community", "service"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/",
                "audio": "in/intelligence/intelligence__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/",
                "audio": "in/intelligence/intelligence__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin intelligentia, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’."
}