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intelligent
What does intelligent mean?
intelligent (adjective): of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use intelligent in a sentence?
- Is there intelligent life in the universe? (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce intelligent?
/ɪnˈtɛlədʒənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does intelligent come from?
From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to intelligent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “intelligent” mean?
not arriving or occurring until after an expected time
Not quite: that's what late means.
of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
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responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
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having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
Not quite: that's what equal means.
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