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intelligent

[ in-tel-i-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals:

    an intelligent student.

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  2. displaying or characterized by quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment:

    an intelligent reply.

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  3. having the faculty of reasoning and understanding; possessing intelligence:

    intelligent beings in outer space.

  4. 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.

  5. Archaic. having understanding or knowledge (usually followed by of ).


intelligent

/ ɪˈɛɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. having or indicating intelligence
  2. having high intelligence; clever
  3. indicating high intelligence; perceptive

    an intelligent guess

  4. guided by reason; rational
  5. (of computerized functions) able to modify action in the light of ongoing events
  6. archaic.
    postpositivefoll byof having knowledge or information

    they were intelligent of his whereabouts

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • p··ٱl·Գ adjective
  • hyper··ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • ԴDzi·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • non·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • i·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • pre·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • ܲȴ-·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • quasi-·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • i-·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • semi-·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • p··ٱl·Գ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intelligent1

First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin intelligent- (stem of ԳٱŧԲ, present participle of intelligere, variant of intellegere “to understand,” literally, “choose between),” equivalent to intel- (variant of inter- inter- ) + -lig- (combining form of leg-, stem of legere “to pick up, choose”; lection ) + -ent- -ent
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Synonym Study

Intelligent, intellectual describe distinctive mental capacity. Intelligent often suggests a natural quickness of understanding: an intelligent reader. Intellectual implies not only having a high degree of understanding, but also a capacity and taste for the higher forms of knowledge: intellectual interests. See sharp.
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Example Sentences

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But also: You have to be intelligent to be funny.

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Productive, nuanced and intelligent policy reform, they say, will produce more efficient outcomes than “division and bomb-throwing.”

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Slot comes across as likeable, approachable and intelligent in interviews, although there were occasions in his early days when he struggled to grasp the local dialect.

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He told Felton he was "more than intelligent enough" to realise the ramifications of his plot would be "far reaching".

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His family said he was a "loving, caring, fun, and intelligent" son, brother and uncle.

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