intelligence

noun7

1. •
   the ability of the mind to understand ideas and facts, and to learn and use new knowledge
2. •
   Information, often secret, about an enemy or about hostile activities.
3. •
   A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
4. •
   The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.
5. •
   An individual's expected relative performance in a cognitive test.

   • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. — 2013
6. •
   An entity that has such capacities.

   • The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate, Received and gave him welcome there. — 1850
7. •
   (old-fashioned) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

   • He liv’d rather in a fair Intelligence than any Friendship with the Favourites;[…] — 1702