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intelligent
[ in-tel-i-juhnt ]
adjective
- having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals:
an intelligent student.
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- displaying or characterized by quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment:
an intelligent reply.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
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- having the faculty of reasoning and understanding; possessing intelligence:
intelligent beings in outer space.
- Computers. pertaining to the ability to do data processing locally; smart: Compare dumb ( def 8 ).
An intelligent terminal can edit input before transmission to a host computer.
- Archaic. having understanding or knowledge (usually followed by of ).
intelligent
/ ɪˈɛɪəԳ /
adjective
- having or indicating intelligence
- having high intelligence; clever
- indicating high intelligence; perceptive
an intelligent guess
- guided by reason; rational
- (of computerized functions) able to modify action in the light of ongoing events
- archaic.postpositivefoll byof having knowledge or information
they were intelligent of his whereabouts
Derived Forms
- ˈٱԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱl·Գ· adverb
- p··ٱl·Գ adjective
- hyper··ٱl·Գ· adverb
- ԴDzi·ٱl·Գ adjective
- non·ٱl·Գ· adverb
- i·ٱl·Գ adjective
- pre·ٱl·Գ· adverb
- ܲȴ-·ٱl·Գ adjective
- quasi-·ٱl·Գ· adverb
- i-·ٱl·Գ adjective
- semi-·ٱl·Գ· adverb
- p··ٱl·Գ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of intelligent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He told Felton he was "more than intelligent enough" to realise the ramifications of his plot would be "far reaching".
His family said he was a "loving, caring, fun, and intelligent" son, brother and uncle.
"Something begins to take charge of me, an intelligent automatism," Francis Huxley wrote later.
As nearly everyone knows, honeybees also live in complex intelligent societies and work tirelessly to complete their tasks — something many humans can identify with.
Dr Robert Massey, who is the deputy executive director of the Royal Astronomical Society, agrees that the emergence of intelligent life on another world is much less likely than simple life.
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