intelligence : Idioms & Phrases

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adult intelligence

  • noun the average IQ of the adults in a given population
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air force intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance

  • noun an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms
    Air Force ISR; AFISR.
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army intelligence

  • noun an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
    AI.
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artificial intelligence

  • noun the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
    AI.
    • workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots
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borderline intelligence

  • noun the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)
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bureau of intelligence and research

  • noun an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
    INR.
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canadian security intelligence service

  • noun Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government
    CSIS.
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central intelligence agency

  • noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
    CIA.
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central intelligence machinery

  • noun the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies
    CIM.
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combat intelligence

  • noun intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations
    combat intelligence.
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communications intelligence

  • noun technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients
    COMINT.
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criminal intelligence services of canada

  • noun an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
    CISC.
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current intelligence

  • noun intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest; usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation
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defense intelligence agency

  • noun an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
    DIA.
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department of energy intelligence

  • noun an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community
    DOEI.
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director of central intelligence

  • noun the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
    DCI.
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directorate for inter-services intelligence

  • noun the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups
    Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence; ISI.
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electronics intelligence

  • noun intelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources)
    ELINT.
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foreign intelligence service

  • noun Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime
    SVR; Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki.
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foreign intelligence surveillance act

  • noun an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
    FISA.
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foreign intelligence surveillance court

  • noun a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
    F.I.S.C..
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intelligence activity

  • noun the operation of gathering information about an enemy
    intelligence; intelligence activity.
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intelligence agency

  • noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
    intelligence; intelligence agency.
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intelligence agent

  • noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
    intelligence agent; secret agent; operative.
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intelligence analyst

  • noun a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy
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intelligence cell

  • noun a terrorist cell whose members are trained to perform reconnaissance and surveillance
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intelligence community

  • noun a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
    Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; IC.
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intelligence information

  • noun secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
    intelligence.
    • we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage
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Intelligence office

  • an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.
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intelligence officer

  • noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
    intelligence agent; secret agent; operative.
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intelligence operation

  • noun the operation of gathering information about an enemy
    intelligence; intelligence activity.
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intelligence quotient

  • noun a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
    IQ; I.Q..
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intelligence service

  • noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
    intelligence; intelligence agency.
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intelligence test

  • noun a psychometric test of intelligence
    IQ test.
    • they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests
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inter-services intelligence

  • noun the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups
    Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence; ISI.
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international intelligence agency

  • noun an intelligence agency outside the United States
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iraqi intelligence service

  • noun the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system
    Iraqi Mukhabarat; IIS.
    • the Iraqi Mukhabarat has been involved in numerous terrorist activities
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marine corps intelligence activity

  • noun an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization
    MCIA.
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military intelligence

  • noun an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value
    military intelligence.
  • noun information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations
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military intelligence agency

  • noun an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value
    military intelligence.
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military intelligence section 5

  • noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
    Security Service; MI.
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military intelligence section 6

  • noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
    MI; Military Intelligence Section 6.
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national geospatial-intelligence agency

  • noun a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
    NGA.
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national intelligence community

  • noun a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
    Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; IC.
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nonverbal intelligence

  • noun intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language
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office of intelligence support

  • noun agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy
    OIS.
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office of naval intelligence

  • noun the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy
    ONI.
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secret intelligence service

  • noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
    MI; Military Intelligence Section 6.
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security intelligence

  • noun intelligence on the identity and capability and intentions of hostile individuals or organizations that may be engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
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security intelligence review committee

  • noun an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies
    SIRC.
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signals intelligence

  • noun intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence
    SIGINT.
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strategic intelligence

  • noun intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at national and international levels
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tactical intelligence

  • noun intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations
    combat intelligence.
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telemetry intelligence

  • noun intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry
    TELINT.
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terrain intelligence

  • noun tactical intelligence on the natural and man-made characteristics of an area
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united states intelligence agency

  • noun an intelligence service in the United States
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united states intelligence community

  • noun a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
    Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; IC.
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verbal intelligence

  • noun intelligence in the use and comprehension of language
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