Intelligence:
–noun
1. capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
2. manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit.
3. the faculty of understanding.
4. knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information.
5. the gathering or distribution of information, esp. secret information.
6. Government.
a. information about an enemy or a potential enemy.
b. the evaluated conclusions drawn from such information.
c. an organization or agency engaged in gathering such information: military intelligence; naval intelligence.
7. interchange of information: They have been maintaining intelligence with foreign agents for years.
8. Christian Science. a fundamental attribute of God, or infinite Mind.
9. (often initial capital letter) an intelligent being or spirit, esp. an incorporeal one, as an angel.
So when one describes someone as "intelligent," what exactly is he or she saying? How is intelligence defined in society? When relating intelligence with cognitive ability, it becomes easier to define the abstract idea of intelligence. Reasoning, planning, thinking, solving, learning, and processing are all verbs that can be associated with intelligence. These higher levels of thinking disassociate intelligence from the mere act lof having knowledge. An individual may be "book smart," but will possibly not be described as intelligence because of his or her inability to think on higher levels.
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