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The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
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- n. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
- n. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
- n. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
- n. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
- n. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.
- n. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.
- n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- n. a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
- n. secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
- n. information about recent and important events
- n. the operation of gathering information about an enemy