Definition

1. Noun:
   • Information about the armed forces of another country: This refers to collected data regarding an adversary's military capabilities, plans, and activities, which is essential for strategic planning and conducting operations.
   • An agency responsible for such information: This refers to a specific organization within the armed forces dedicated to gathering, analyzing, and utilizing information of strategic or tactical military value.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Information):
  • The general relied on accurate military intelligence before deploying the troops.
  • Gathering military intelligence is a critical and dangerous task.
• Noun (Agency):
  • He works for military intelligence.
  • The report was prepared by military intelligence.

Advanced Usage

• "military intelligence agency": A more specific term for the organization itself.
  • The military intelligence agency briefed the president on the new threat.
• "military intelligence officer": A person who works in this field.
  • She was trained as a military intelligence officer.

Variants and Related Words

• Intelligence (n): The broader category of information, often secret, about an enemy or potential enemy. Military intelligence is a subset of this.
  • Satellites are used for gathering intelligence.
• Reconnaissance (n): A related military activity involving observation to gain information, but it is often a specific method used to collect military intelligence.
  • The plane was on a reconnaissance mission.

Synonyms

• Reconnaissance data: Information obtained from active observation or scouting.
• Strategic information: Information relevant to high-level, long-term planning.

Related Phrases

• Intelligence gathering: The process of collecting information.
  • The unit specialized in covert intelligence gathering.
• Counterintelligence: Activity aimed at protecting against an enemy's intelligence gathering.
  • Military intelligence also handles counterintelligence operations.

Related Idioms

Noun

1. information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations
2. an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value