English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- entelligent (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
Adjective[edit]
intelligent (comparative more intelligent or intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or intelligentest)
- Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
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1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
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Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”
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- Well thought-out, well considered.
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The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.
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The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.
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- Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
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My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.
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- Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
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The hunt for intelligent life.
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- Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
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an intelligent network or keyboard
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Synonyms[edit]
- (of high or quick cognitive capacity): See Thesaurus:intelligent
- (similar level of brain power to mankind): See Thesaurus:self-aware
Antonyms[edit]
- stupid
Translations[edit]
of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
- Adyghe: акъыл (aaqəl)
- Albanian: i zgjuar (sq)
- Arabic: ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy)
- Egyptian Arabic: زكي (zakī)
- Armenian: խելացի (hy) (xelacʿi), խելոք (hy) (xelokʿ)
- Aromanian: dishteptu
- Assamese: বুধিয়ক (budhik)
- Asturian: intelixente
- Bashkir: аҡыллы (aqıllı)
- Belarusian: разу́мны (razúmny)
- Bengali: বুদ্ধিমান (bn) (buddhiman)
- Bulgarian: интелигентен (bg) (inteligenten), схватлив (bg) (shvatliv)
- Catalan: intel·ligent (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏌᎹᏗ (asamadi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聰明／聪明 (zh) (cōngming), 聰慧／聪慧 (zh) (cōnghuì)
- Czech: inteligentní (cs)
- Dutch: intelligent (nl)
- Esperanto: inteligenta (eo)
- Finnish: älykäs (fi)
- French: intelligent (fr)
- Galician: intelixente (gl), espelido
- Georgian: ინტელიგენტური (inṭeligenṭuri), საზრიანი (ka) (sazriani)
- German: klug (de); intelligent (de)
- Greek: έξυπνος (el) (éxypnos)
- Ancient: συνετός (sunetós)
- Hindi: बुद्धिमान (hi) (buddhimān), चतुर (hi) (catur)
- Hungarian: intelligens (hu)
- Icelandic: gáfaður
- Ido: inteligenta (io)
- Irish: éirimiúil
- Italian: intelligente (it)
- Japanese: 聡明な (ja) (そうめいな, sōmei na), 賢い (ja) (かしこい, kashikoi), 利口な (ja) (りこうな, rikō na)
- Karakhanid: بِلْكا (bilgē)
- Khmer: ឆ្លាត (km) (chlaat)
- Korean: (predicate) 똑똑하다 (ko) (ttokttok-hada), (attributive) 똑똑한 (ttokttok-han), 총명하다 (ko) (chongmyeong-hada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: زیرەک (ckb) (zîrek)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: intelligens, catus
- Latvian: prātīgs, saprātīgs, gudrs (lv)
- Lithuanian: protingas
- Malay: cerdas, pintar (ms)
- Malayalam: ബുദ്ധിയുള്ള (buddhiyuḷḷa)
- Maori: punenga, koi te hinengaro
- Mongolian: ухаалаг (mn) (uxaalag)
- Norwegian: intelligent (no)
- Occitan: intelligent (oc)
- Old English: andġietol
- Persian: باهوش (fa) (bâ-huš), هوشمند (fa) (huš-mand)
- Plautdietsch: Forcht f, beschläpen
- Polish: inteligentny (pl)
- Portuguese: inteligente (pt)
- Punjabi: ਅਕਲਮੰਦ (pa) (akalmand)
- Romanian: inteligent (ro), deștept (ro)
- Russian: у́мный (ru) (úmnyj), разу́мный (ru) (razúmnyj), сообрази́тельный (ru) (soobrazítelʹnyj), смышлёный (ru) (smyšljónyj), поня́тливый (ru) (ponjátlivyj)
- Sanskrit: प्रज्ञ (sa) (prajña), चतुर (sa) (catura), मनु (sa) (manu)
- Sicilian: ntilliggenti (scn), spertu
- Slovak: inteligentný
- Spanish: inteligente (es)
- Swahili: akili (sw)
- Swedish: intelligent (sv), klyftig (sv) (colloquial), klok (sv)
- Tagalog: intelihente, matalino, (literally) matalino
- Thai: ฉลาด (th) (chà-làat)
- Turkish: akıllı (tr)
- Ukrainian: розу́мний (rozúmnyj)
- Urdu: ہوشیار (hośiyār)
- Vietnamese: thông minh (vi) (聰明)
- Welsh: deallus (cy)
well thought-out, well considered
- Asturian: intelixente
- Bulgarian: умен (bg) (umen), разумен (bg) (razumen)
- Catalan: intel·ligent (ca)
- Dutch: intelligent (nl), doordacht (nl)
- Finnish: älykäs (fi)
- French: intelligent (fr)
- Galician: intelixente (gl)
- German: klug (de); intelligent (de)
- Greek: έξυπνος (el) (éxypnos)
- Italian: intelligente (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: زیرەک (ckb) (zîrek)
- Occitan: intelligent (oc)
- Portuguese: inteligente (pt)
- Russian: у́мный (ru) (úmnyj), проду́манный (ru) (prodúmannyj), разу́мный (ru) (razúmnyj), здра́вый (ru) (zdrávyj)
- Spanish: inteligente (es)
- Tagalog: intelihente, pinag-isipan
Translations to be checked
- Esperanto: (please verify) inteligenta (eo)
- Interlingua: (please verify) intelligente
- Korean: (please verify) 지적인 (jijeogin)
- Mandarin: (please verify) 聪颖的 (zh) (cōngying de)
- Telugu: (please verify) తెలివైన (telivaina)
- Thai: (please verify) ฉลาด (th) (cha-lard)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French intelligent.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /enteliɡɛnt/, [entˢeliˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]
Adjective[edit]
intelligent
- intelligent
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of intelligent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | intelligent | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | intelligent | — | —2 |
| Plural | intelligente | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | intelligente | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding «indefinite» form is used. 2) The «indefinite» superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms[edit]
- begavet
Antonyms[edit]
- dum
- uintelligent
Derived terms[edit]
- intelligent liv
- uintelligent
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- intelligens
References[edit]
- “intelligent” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)
- intelligent, bright, smart
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of intelligent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | intelligent | |||
| inflected | intelligente | |||
| comparative | intelligenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | intelligent | intelligenter | het intelligentst het intelligentste |
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| indefinite | m./f. sing. | intelligente | intelligentere | intelligentste |
| n. sing. | intelligent | intelligenter | intelligentste | |
| plural | intelligente | intelligentere | intelligentste | |
| definite | intelligente | intelligentere | intelligentste | |
| partitive | intelligents | intelligenters | — |
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- intellect
- intellectueel m & adjective
- intelligentia
- intelligentie
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: inteligen
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intelligēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.tɛl.li.ʒɑ̃/[1]
Adjective[edit]
intelligent (feminine intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)
- intelligent
Derived terms[edit]
- intelligemment
- téléphone intelligent
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- intellect
- intellectuel
- intelligence
- intelligible
References[edit]
- ^ “intelligent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading[edit]
- “intelligent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʔɪntɛliˈɡɛnt/
Adjective[edit]
intelligent (strong nominative masculine singular intelligenter, comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)
- intelligent
- Synonym: klug
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 5/2010, page 100:
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Delphine sind die mit Abstand intelligentesten aller Tiere.
- Dolphins are by far the most intelligent of all animals.
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Declension[edit]
Positive forms of intelligent
Comparative forms of intelligent
Superlative forms of intelligent
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- hochintelligent
- Intelligenz
- Intellekt
- intellektuell m
Further reading[edit]
- “intelligent” in Duden online
- “intelligent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
intelligent
- third-person plural future active indicative of intelligō
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intelligent (comparative intelligentare, superlative intelligentast)
- intelligent, bright
- Antonym: ointelligent
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of intelligent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | intelligent | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Neuter singular | intelligent | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Plural | intelligenta | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Masculine plural3 | intelligente | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | intelligente | intelligentare | intelligentaste |
| All | intelligenta | intelligentare | intelligentaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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- intelligens
Adverb[edit]
intelligent (comparative intelligentare, superlative intelligentast)
- intelligently
References[edit]
- intelligent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- intelligent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- intelligent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
1
a
: having or indicating a high or satisfactory degree of intelligence and mental capacity
b
: revealing or reflecting good judgment or sound thought : skillful
2
a
: possessing intelligence
3
a
: guided or controlled by a computer
b
: able to produce printed material from digital signals
Synonyms
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an intelligent person could assemble it fast
clever implies native ability or aptness and sometimes suggests a lack of more substantial qualities.
alert stresses quickness in perceiving and understanding.
quick-witted implies promptness in finding answers in debate or in devising expedients in moments of danger or challenge.
no match for his quick-witted opponent
Example Sentences
She asked some intelligent questions.
He’s a hard worker but he’s not very intelligent.
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Word History
Etymology
Latin intelligent-, intelligens, present participle of intelligere, intellegere to understand, from inter- + legere to gather, select — more at legend
First Known Use
circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of intelligent was
circa 1540
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умный, разумный, смышленый, понимающий, понятливый
прилагательное ↓
- умный, разумный
intelligent child — умный /разумный/ ребёнок 
intelligent question [reply] — умный /разумный/ вопрос [ответ]
to conduct oneself like an intelligent person — вести себя разумно
- хорошо соображающий, сообразительный; понятливый, смышлёный
- знающий, понимающий
- вчт. интеллектуальный
intelligent data base — интеллектуальная база данных
intelligent terminal — интеллектуальный терминал, «тяжёлый» терминал
- арх. информирующий, осведомительный
- в грам. знач. сущ. редк. умный, разумный или понятливый человек
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
a futile search for intelligent nightlife — бесплодные поиски интеллектуальных ночных развлечений
happy / intelligent / judicious / wise choice — мудрое решение, правильный выбор
docile and intelligent pupils — способные и сообразительные ученики
intelligent interface — интеллектуальный интерфейс
intelligent device — интеллектуальный прибор
intelligent guess — обоснованное предположение
intelligent building institute — институт интеллектуальных зданий
intelligent cable — кабель с поддержкой передачи и речи, и данных
intelligent call processing — интеллектуальная обработка вызовов
intelligent cameras-integrated biometric system — биометрическая система с интеллектуальными камерами
intelligent control — управление с применением микропроцессорных устройств
Примеры с переводом
He is an intelligent guy.
Он парень смышлёный.
Man is a highly intelligent animal.
Человек — очень умное животное.
He’s a hardworking but not very intelligent boy.
Он трудолюбивый, но не очень умный мальчик.
She asked some intelligent questions.
Она задала несколько умных вопросов.
It would not be intelligent to provoke her.
Неразумно провоцировать её.
Are there intelligent beings on other planets?
Есть ли разумные существа на других планетах?
He is reputed to be intelligent.
Он слывёт интеллектуалом. / У него репутация разумного человека.
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You can’t have an intelligent conversation with him. 
Intelligent use of metaphors can add colour to your writing.
…it’s been a bumper year for movies aimed at intelligent adults…
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adjective
having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
displaying or characterized by quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment: an intelligent reply.
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: An intelligent terminal can edit input before transmission to a host computer.Compare dumb (def. 8).
Archaic. having understanding or knowledge (usually followed by of).
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Origin of intelligent
First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin intelligent- (stem of intelligēns, 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”; cf. lection) + -ent- -ent
synonym study for intelligent
1. 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. 2. See sharp.
OTHER WORDS FROM intelligent
in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverbhy·per·in·tel·li·gent, adjectivehy·per·in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverbnon·in·tel·li·gent, adjective
non·in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverbpre·in·tel·li·gent, adjectivepre·in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverbqua·si-in·tel·li·gent, adjectivequa·si-in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverbsem·i-in·tel·li·gent, adjectivesem·i-in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverbsu·per·in·tel·li·gent, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH intelligent
intelligent , intellectual (see synonym study at the current entry)
Words nearby intelligent
intelligence office, intelligence officer, intelligence quotient, intelligencer, intelligence test, intelligent, intelligent card, intelligent design, intelligential, intelligent knowledge-based system, intelligentsia
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Words related to intelligent
astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, creative, imaginative, inventive, knowledgeable, original, perceptive, rational, resourceful, smart, well-informed, wise, able, acute, alert, alive, all there
How to use intelligent in a sentence
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Each of these developments, FAIR’s researchers say, brings the lab incrementally closer to achieving intelligent robotic assistants.
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“If you can find a way of doing satisfiability problems that takes into account the symmetries in an intelligent way, then you’ve made the problem much easier,” said Hales.
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In 1950, the mathematician Alan Turing suggested that if you could converse with a machine without knowing whether it was a machine or a person, you should consider that machine intelligent.
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Armed with a deep, versatile roster stocked with hyper-intelligent defenders, Nurse is the NBA’s most inventive defensive coach, tinkering night to night and even on the fly within games.
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Look for solutions that provide intelligent automation and enable human SEOs on the team to focus on the more creative aspects of each campaign.
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Governor Jindal seems like a good guy, intelligent, reasonable.
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Vice President Jindal: “Here is a good, intelligent, and reasonable plan for legislative action.”
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I thought he was very intelligent, very gentle, soft-spoken, precise.
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That kind of spoiled naïveté seems inexcusable in a clearly intelligent author who is pushing 30.
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Genuinely funny and intelligent and navel-gazing and strange, these parts might eventually add up to something truly big.
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All our intelligent students will insist upon learning what they can of these discussions and forming opinions for themselves.
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So intelligent were her methods that she doubtless had great influence in making the memory of his art enduring.
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His dark, shining, almost too intelligent eyes looked at Nigel, and looked away.
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With less intelligent children traces of this tendency to take pictorial representation for reality may appear as late as four.
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He looks about thirty-five, has a clean-shaven intelligent face, and is dressed in a dark tweed suit.
British Dictionary definitions for intelligent
adjective
having or indicating intelligence
having high intelligence; clever
indicating high intelligence; perceptivean intelligent guess
guided by reason; rational
(of computerized functions) able to modify action in the light of ongoing events
(postpositive foll by of) archaic having knowledge or informationthey were intelligent of his whereabouts
Derived forms of intelligent
intelligently, adverb
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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- intelligent
- [ɪn’telɪdʒ(ə)nt]
1) Общая лексика: интеллигентный, осмысленный, понимающий, понятливый, развитой, разумный, смышлённый, смышлёный, умелый, умный, человек, который стал умным в результате образования и воспитания, эрудированный, грамотный
2) Психология: интеллигент, обладающий интеллектом, обладающий умом
3) Вычислительная техника: «разумный», интеллектуальный, микропроцессорный, настраиваемый, оснащённый микропроцессором, программируемый, с развитой логикой
4) Сетевые технологии: рациональный, с микропроцессором
5) Автоматика: интеллектуальный
6) Робототехника: интеллектный
7) Макаров: знающий, сообразительный, интеллектный
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intelligent — intelligent, ente [ ɛ̃teliʒɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1488; lat. intellegens → intelligence 1 ♦ Qui a la faculté de connaître et de comprendre. Les êtres intelligents. ⇒ pensant. 2 ♦ Qui est, à un degré variable, doué d intelligence. ⇒ capable, éveillé,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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intelligent — intelligent, ente (in tèl li jan, jan t ) adj. 1° Pourvu de la faculté de concevoir, de comprendre. • Je parle, je chemine : Je sens en moi certain agent ; Tout obéit dans ma machine à ce principe intelligent, LA FONT. Fabl. X, 1. • La… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d’Émile Littré
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Intelligent — In*tel li*gent, a. [L. intelligens, intellegens, entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F. intelligent. See {Legend}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Endowed with the faculty of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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intelligent — 1 Intellectual, *mental, cerebral, psychic 2 Intelligent, clever, alert, quick witted, bright, smart, knowing, brilliant are comparable when they mean mentally quick or keen. Intelligent implies greater than average power to use one s mind… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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intelligent — Adj std. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. intellegēns ( entis), dem PPräs. von l. intellegere (intellēctum) verstehen, wahrnehmen, erkennen , zu l. legere zusammennehmen, ins Auge fallen, aussuchen und l. inter . Das lateinische Wort zu gr.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
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intelligent — Intelligent, [intellig]ente. adj. Pourveu de la faculté intellective, capable d entendre, & de raisonner. L homme est un estre intelligent. l Ange est une substance intelligente. En ce sens il n a guere d usage qu en ces phrases. Il signifie plus … Dictionnaire de l’Académie française
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intelligent — in·tel·li·gent adj: having or indicating a high or satisfactory degree of intelligence and mental capacity; esp: having or indicating an understanding of the nature and consequences of an act or decision a knowing and intelligent waiver of… … Law dictionary
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intelligent — intelligent: Das Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung »einsichtsvoll, ‹sach›verständig; klug, begabt« wurde im 18. Jh. aus lat. intelligens, intelligentis (Nebenform von intellegens) entlehnt. Dies ist Part. Präs. von intellegere (< *inter legere) »mit… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
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intelligent — [in tel′ə jənt] adj. [L intelligens, prp. of intelligere: see INTELLECT] 1. having or using intelligence; rational 2. having or showing an alert mind or high intelligence; bright, perceptive, informed, clever, wise, etc. 3. a) designating or of a … English World dictionary
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intelligent — (adj.) c.1500, a back formation from intelligence or else from L. intelligentem (nom. intelligens), prp. of intelligere, earlier intellegere (see INTELLIGENCE (Cf. intelligence)). Intelligent design, as a name for an alternative to atheistic… … Etymology dictionary
What do we mean by intelligent?
Having intelligence. adjective
Having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute. adjective
Showing sound judgment and rationality. adjective
Appealing to the intellect; intellectual. adjective
Having the faculty of understanding; capable of comprehending facts or ideas: as, man is an intelligent being.
Having an active intellect; possessing aptitude or skill; well informed: as, an intelligent artisan or officer.
Marked by or indicating intelligence; guided by knowledge or comprehension: as, the intelligent actions of ants; an intelligent answer.
Having knowledge; cognizant: followed by of.
Bearing intelligence; giving information; communicative.
Synonyms Common-sense, etc. (see sensible); quick, bright, acute, discerning, sharp-witted, clear-headed.
Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason. adjective
Possessed of a high level of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; exhibiting high intelligence adjective
Cognizant; aware; communicative. adjective
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. adjective
Well thought-out, well considered. adjective
Characterized by thoughtful interaction. adjective
Having the same level of brain power as mankind. adjective
Exercising or showing good judgment adjective
Endowed with the capacity to reason adjective
Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree adjective
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Well thought-out, well considered.
Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
Having an IQ above room temperature. Urban Dictionary
1. Capable of logic reasoning.
2. Me. Urban Dictionary
Joel, the 6 is a lie Urban Dictionary
A very valuable cognitive trait that an avetard and ou tard completely lacks and will never possess Urban Dictionary
Something severely lacking on Urban Dictionary, for god sake at least know what you’re talking about before you post a load of crap on here. Urban Dictionary
Someone very skilled in the art of not being a complete retard. Urban Dictionary
Knowing when to shut up. Urban Dictionary
A term used to describe the potencies such abilities as application of knowledge, amount of logic, creativity (to some extent), memory (to a lesser extent), and general comprehension, among animals. Intelligence is, often, something lacking in most human beings. Intelligence is relative to one person; what you and I, for instance, perceive as stupid may contradict eachother, or vary in degrees.
Today, people often confuse knowledge and determination (especially in academics) with intelligence. Understand; these are NOT the same things. Knowledge is, of course, the amount of information a person mentally contains. Determination is, naturally, the want to go to often extreme measures to achieve your aims or goals. While intelligence is useless without knowledge, the contrary — knowledge without intelligence — is equally useless.
Much of the time, IQ tests are associated with intelligence. While these are, currently, the most accurate «measurements» of intelligence (if properly executed), they are by no means definitive. They don’t consider creativity, abstract logic, or any other trait generally considered intelligent. Still, intelligent people tend to receive higher scores than their mediocre counter-parts. One must also take into account that often times, things like vocabulary are used in such tests. In English, vocabulary, often times, requires definitive knowledge of Latin, German, or French, if not the English language, due to the roots not being absolutely apparent in all cases. Urban Dictionary
Means someone that doesnt think about sex for 2 Hours Urban Dictionary
Smart or a lack of ignorance Urban Dictionary
Humans? Intelligent! Potted plants? Not so much. Intelligent means smart, or having the ability to process and understand information (including dictionary definitions).
Intelligent comes from a Latin word meaning «to understand, to gather,» and intelligent creatures gather and make sense of information easily. Intelligent also refers to the ability to think. Intelligent objects, like speakers or software, seem to think in the way they react to change. If we’re looking for intelligent life on Mars, we want Martians who can reason. Intelligent also means showing good judgement, like an intelligent decision not to invite all those Martians to your birthday party.
Definitions of intelligent
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adjective
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
“is there
intelligent life in the universe?”“an
intelligent question”-
Synonyms:
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smart
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
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agile, nimble
mentally quick
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apt, clever
mentally quick and resourceful
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brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
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bright, smart
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
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born, innate, natural
being talented through inherited qualities
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quick, ready
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
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prehensile
having a keen intellect
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scintillating
brilliantly clever
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searching, trenchant
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
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precocious
characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
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smart
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adjective
exercising or showing good judgment
“an
intelligent solution”-
synonyms:
healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound
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reasonable, sensible
showing reason or sound judgment
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reasonable, sensible
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adjective
endowed with the capacity to reason
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synonyms:
reasoning, thinking
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rational
consistent with or based on or using reason
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rational
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adjective
possessing sound knowledge
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synonyms:
well-informed
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sophisticated
having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
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sophisticated
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Britannica Dictionary definition of INTELLIGENT
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[more intelligent; most intelligent]
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having or showing the ability to easily learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations
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having or showing a lot of intelligence
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highly/very intelligent [=smart] people
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She asked some intelligent questions.
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He’s a hard worker but he’s not very intelligent.
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an intelligent decision
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able to learn and understand things
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intelligent beings
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Dogs are intelligent animals.
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They are looking for signs of intelligent life [=creatures that can learn and understand things] on other planets.
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having an ability to deal with problems or situations that resembles or suggests the ability of an intelligent person
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intelligent software
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an intelligent machine
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He spoke/wrote intelligently about the changes that are needed.
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an intelligently designed computer system