intellect

  • 21intellect — in|tel|lect [ˈıntılekt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin intellectus, from the past participle of intellegere; INTELLIGENT] 1.) [U and C] the ability to understand things and to think intelligently superior/considerable/keen etc… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22intellect — in|tel|lect [ ıntl,ekt ] noun 1. ) count or uncount the ability to think in an intelligent way and to understand difficult or complicated ideas and subjects: These activities are designed to develop a baby s intellect. a lawyer of great intellect …

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  • 23intellect — [14] Intellect and intelligent come from the same ultimate source: Latin intelligere ‘perceive, choose between’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix inter ‘between’ and legere ‘gather, choose, read’ intend 290 (source of English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24intellect — noun 1 (C, U) the ability to understand things and to think intelligently: new scientific ideas that are a challenge to the human intellect | a woman of superior intellect 2 (C) someone who is very intelligent: some of the greatest intellects in… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25intellect — [14] Intellect and intelligent come from the same ultimate source: Latin intelligere ‘perceive, choose between’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix inter ‘between’ and legere ‘gather, choose, read’ (source of English lecture, legible …

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  • 26intellect — Synonyms and related words: Brahmin, IQ, apprehension, authority, brain, brains, brainworker, caliber, capacity, cleverness, common sense, comprehension, conception, consciousness, deductive power, doctor, egghead, elder, elder statesman,… …

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  • 27intellect — (‘aql)    See active intellect; psychology …

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  • 28intellect — noun 1) a film that appeals to one s intellect Syn: mind, brain(s), intelligence, reason, understanding, thought, brainpower, sense, judgment, wisdom, wits; informal gray matter, IQ, brain cells, smarts 2) one of the finest i …

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  • 29intellect — [ˈɪntəlekt] noun [U] the ability to think in an intelligent way and to understand difficult or complicated ideas and subjects a lawyer of great intellect[/ex] …

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  • 30intellect — intelektas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Gebėjimų visuma, lemianti asmenybės mąstymo kokybę. kilmė lot. intellectum – suvokimas, supratimas atitikmenys: angl. intellect vok. Intellekt, m rus. интеллект …

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