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intelligence
English
Etymology
From Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia. Doublet of intelligentsia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?l.?.d???ns/
Noun
intelligence (countable and uncountable, plural intelligences)
- (chiefly uncountable) Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
- Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
- (countable) 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.
- (chiefly uncountable) Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
- (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
- (dated) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
Synonyms
- (capacity of mind): wit, intellect, brightness
- (entity): see Thesaurus:sentient
- See also Thesaurus:intelligence
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intelligentia (“the act of choosing between, intelligence”), from intelleg? (“understand”), from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t?.li.???s/, /??.te.li.???s/
Noun
intelligence f (plural intelligences)
- intelligence; cleverness
- comprehension
Derived terms
- être d'intelligence
- intelligence artificielle
Further reading
- “intelligence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English intelligence.
Noun
intelligence f (invariable)
- A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information.
Middle French
Noun
intelligence f (plural intelligences)
- intelligence
- comprehension
Old French
Noun
intelligence f (oblique plural intelligences, nominative singular intelligence, nominative plural intelligences)
- comprehension
- meaning
- ability to comprehend
Descendants
- ? English: intelligence
- French: intelligence
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (intelligence, supplement)
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taste
English
Alternative forms
- tast (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster, from assumed Vulgar Latin *tast?re, from assumed Vulgar Latin *taxit?re, a new iterative of Latin tax?re (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch”). Almost displaced native Middle English smaken, smakien (“to taste”) (from Old English smacian (“to taste”)), Middle English smecchen (“to taste, smack”) (from Old English smæ??an (“to taste”)) (whence Modern English smack), Middle English buri?en (“to taste”) (from Old English byrigan, birian (“to taste”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?st/
- Rhymes: -e?st
Noun
taste (countable and uncountable, plural tastes)
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (uncountable, figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Synonyms
- (sensation produced by the tongue): smack, smatch; See also Thesaurus:gustation
- (set of preferences): discernment, culture, refinement, style
- (personal preference): See also Thesaurus:predilection
- (small amount of experience): impression, sample, trial
Hyponyms
- (sensation produced by the tongue): relish, savor
Meronyms
- (sensation produced by the tongue): bitter, salty, sour, sweet, umami
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted)
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
- The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
- To experience.
- I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
- They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
- He […] should taste death for every man.
- To take sparingly.
- 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Drydentastes%20of%20pleasures%2C%20youth%20devours%22&f=false
- Age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.
- 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Drydentastes%20of%20pleasures%2C%20youth%20devours%22&f=false
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- I tasted a little of this honey.
- (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.
Synonyms
- (sample the flavor of something): smack, smake; See also Thesaurus:taste
- (have a taste): hint, smack; See also Thesaurus:have taste
Translations
Further reading
- taste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- taste in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- taste at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "taste" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 313.
Anagrams
- Satet, State, Testa, Tetas, aetts, atest, state, teats, testa
Danish
Etymology
From the noun tast.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ast?
Verb
taste (imperative tast, infinitive at taste, present tense taster, past tense tastede, perfect tense har/er tastet)
- To type
Conjugation
Derived terms
- indtaste
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
taste
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tasten
German
Pronunciation
Verb
taste
- inflection of tasten:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
taste (imperative tast, present tense taster, passive tastes, simple past and past participle tasta or tastet, present participle tastende)
- to type (on a computer keyboard or typewriter)
Related terms
- tast (noun)
- tastatur
References
- “taste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tast, taist
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?st/, /tast/
Noun
taste (uncountable)
- perceived flavor
Descendants
- English: taste
- Yola: taaste, tawest, thaaste
References
- “t??st(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
taste (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- vocative singular of tast
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