military intelligence
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/
- Specialized
:
inteligencia militar
- During the war, military intelligence played a vital role in assessing threats from opposing forces.
- military intelligence officer
- military intelligence official
- military intelligence agency
Examples
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How about the technical capabilities of U.S. military intelligence?
Blog text (27) -
Combat support units provide direct support to units clearing the way for a mission and include aviation, engineering, military intelligence, and police units.
Academic text (2003) -
But the city is fully controlled by the army, internal security forces, and military intelligence.
Academic text (2015) -
That military intelligence wanted the whole situation to spiral out of control.
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Military intelligence is a part of defense spending threatened by the impending budget cuts.
Blog text (5) -
It is also possible that they shared this information with military intelligence through a consultative committee of the Security Council.
Academic text (1992) -
While Wilson attempted to control the worsening situation, the hawks within British military intelligence hoped for a different outcome.
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The president may have also acted cautiously in dealings with the armed forces because he was made aware that military intelligence had collected damaging information about his allegedly corrupt activities.
Academic text (2003) -
New Zealand now gets operational military intelligence from the United States; there is also some operational exercising in relation to multinational military activities, and New Zealand servicemen and women freely attend courses at U.S. military schools.
Academic text (2003) -
The military intelligence gathered crucial information about enemy positions during the conflict.
Synonyms
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4.6
Secret information collected about a country or group for security
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5.5
Information that helps planning and is often secret
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4.6
Secret facts about an enemy or danger that governments use
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6.0
Information people collect and study to help leaders plan long-term national or military actions
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'information about the armed forces or their activities' is directly built from 'military' (relating to soldiers/war) + 'intelligence' (information for security/military purposes), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the phrase. This adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun-formation patterns, making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Military intelligence originally meant the military's intelligence, the facts about the enemy gathered by scouts, spies and messengers. Picture those secret reports reaching a general so he can plan an attack, and you see why today it means the 'information' the armed forces use to plan and act.