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intelligence-gathering

intelligence-gathering noun: the process of collecting information in order to gain knowledge about a situation or adversary, often performed clandestinely.

Noun

intelligence-gathering (uncountable)

  1. The process of collecting information in order to gain knowledge about a situation or adversary, often performed clandestinely.

Origin of intelligence-gathering

From intelligence + gathering.

Questions about intelligence-gathering

What does intelligence-gathering mean?
Intelligence-gathering means the process of collecting information in order to gain knowledge about a situation or adversary, often performed clandestinely.
What part of speech is intelligence-gathering?
Intelligence-gathering is a noun.

Words near intelligence-gathering in the dictionary

  1. intelligence offices
  2. intelligence quotient
  3. intelligence quotients
  4. intelligence service
  5. intelligence services
  6. intelligence-gathering
  7. intelligenced
  8. intelligencelike
  9. intelligencer
  10. intelligencers
  11. intelligences

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