intelligence

(noun)

A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

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Examples of intelligence in the following topics:

  • Types and Elements of Credibility

    • The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

  • Sample Informative Speech

    • Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden.
    • And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.

  • Different Lines of Reasoning

    • Reason, or "reasoning," is associated with thinking, cognition, and intelligence.

  • Make Messages Easy to Remember

    • While we wait for communication technology and artificial intelligence to enable direct memory transfer, we can make good use of these time tested principles to make messages easier to remember.

  • Articulation and Pronunciation

    • Here you are concerned with intelligibility.

  • Defining a Successful Delivery

    • At a minimum, you need to be intelligible to the audience so that they can comprehend the message.