intelligence

Everyday

1. Intelligence is the ability to learn, understand and think clearly. tree →
2. Secret information gathered about enemies or dangers, and the people who gather it: «military intelligence». tree →
3. In computers, artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine's ability to do tasks that seem to need thinking. tree →
4. Intelligence can also mean news or information about something. tree →

In the lessons

Used in science (animal intelligence), school and news (AI, intelligence services). Phrases: «artificial intelligence», «use your intelligence», «intelligence test».

Examples

• Dolphins are known for their intelligence. tree →
• Use your intelligence to solve the riddle. tree →
• Artificial intelligence can help doctors. tree →
• The spies gathered intelligence about the plan. tree →
• Octopuses show amazing intelligence. tree →
• There are many kinds of intelligence, like music and sport skills. tree →
• Nobody knew; nobody could give any intelligence. tree →

Note

Uncountable. Adjective: intelligent. AI = artificial intelligence. Myth: one test cannot measure every kind of intelligence.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah each of the thirty-two paths is named an "Intelligence," such as Stable or Perpetual.

Interpretation. The paths are the ways wisdom works in creation. Later Kabbalists connected them with the ten sefirot and the twenty-two letters.

Examples

• The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The Thirty-first Path is the Perpetual Intelligence; and why is it so called? (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The Thirty-first Path is the Perpetual Intelligence ; but why is it so-called ? (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised. (Writings PRO.12.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable. Adjective: intelligent. AI = artificial intelligence. Myth: one test cannot measure every kind of intelligence.