Intelligence: ler entre as linhas (?!)

By | 11 de Janeiro de 2009

intelligence: noun.
1 a : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason. b : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly c : mental acuteness : shrewdness.


2: an intelligent entity; especially : cosmic intelligence.


3: the act of understanding : comprehension.


4 a : information, news b : information concerning an enemy or possible enemy or an area; also : an agency engaged in obtaining such information.


(Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin intelligentia, from intelligent-, intelligens intelligent. From inter- “between” + legere “choose, pick out, read. Date: late 14th century.

) – Webster’s.