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1. (adj.) intelligent
having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend.
2. intelligent
displaying quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment:
an intelligent reply.
3. intelligent
having the faculty of reasoning and understanding; possessing intelligence:
intelligent beings on other planets.
4. intelligent
(of an electronic device) containing built-in processing power; smart.
5. intelligent
Archaic. having understanding or knowledge (usu. fol. by of).
Etymology: (1500–10; < L intellegere=intel-, var. of inter-inter-+legere to choose)
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1. (adj) intelligent
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
"is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
2. (adj) intelligent, well-informed
possessing sound knowledge
"well-informed readers"
3. (adj) healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
exercising or showing good judgment
"healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
4. (adj) intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)
endowed with the capacity to reason
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1. (adjective) intelligent
having or showing a strong ability to reason and understand
an intelligent child/question; You're intelligent - you figure it out.
2. intelligent
having the capacity to understand and learn
intelligent life on other planets; He answered the questions intelligently.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) intelligent
endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being
2. (adj) intelligent
possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer
3. (adj) intelligent
gognizant; aware; communicate
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Sense: clever and quick at understanding
an intelligent child; That dog is so intelligent.
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 Afrikaans: intelligent |
 Arabic: ذَكي |
 Bulgarian: интелигентен |
 Brazilian: inteligente |
 Czech: inteligentní |
 German: intelligent |
 Danish: intelligent; begavet |
 Greek: ευφυής, έξυπνος |
 Spanish: inteligente |
 Estonian: arukas, nutikas |
 Farsi: تیزهوش |
 Finnish: älykäs |
 French: intelligent |
 Hebrew: נָבוֹן |
 Hindi: बुद्धिमान |
 Croatian: inteligentan |
 Hungarian: értelmes |
 Indonesian: cerdas |
 Icelandic: greindur, gáfaður |
 Italian: intelligente |
 Japanese: 聡明な |
 Korean: 총명한 |
 Lithuanian: protingas |
 Latvian: gudrs; apķērīgs |
 Malay: cerdas |
 Dutch: intelligent |
 Norwegian: intelligent, forstandig |
 Polish: inteligentny |
 Persian: تیزهوش |
 Pashto: ځيرك، ذكي |
 Portuguese: inteligente |
 Romanian: inteligent, deştept |
 Russian: смышлёный |
 Slovak: inteligentný |
 Slovenian: bister |
 Serbian: inteligentan |
 Swedish: intelligent |
 Thai: ซึ่งมีไหวพริบ |
 Turkish: zeki, akıllı |
 Taiwanese: 悟性高的 |
 Ukrainian: розумний, кмітливий |
 Urdu: ذہین |
 Vietnamese: sáng dạ |
 Chinese: 理解力强的 |
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