Definitions for intellect
ˈɪn tlˌɛktin·tel·lect

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mind, intellect(noun)

   knowledge and intellectual ability

   "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"

2. reason, understanding, intellect(noun)

   the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

   "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

3. intellectual, intellect(noun)

   a person who uses the mind creatively

GCIDE(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intellect(n.)

   The capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; mental capacity.

   Etymology: [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.]

2. Intellect(n.)

   A particular mind, especially a person of high intelligence; as, he was a great intellect.

   Etymology: [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.]

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. intellect(Noun)

   the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding (uncountable)

   Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.

   Etymology: From intellectus, perfect passive participle of intellego, from inter + lego, with connotation of bind.

2. intellect(Noun)

   the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)

   They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.

   Etymology: From intellectus, perfect passive participle of intellego, from inter + lego, with connotation of bind.

3. intellect(Noun)

   a person who has that faculty to a great degree

   Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.

   Etymology: From intellectus, perfect passive participle of intellego, from inter + lego, with connotation of bind.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Intellect(noun)

   the part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding

   Etymology: [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intellect

   in′tel-lekt, n. the mind, in reference to its rational powers: the thinking principle: (pl., coll.) senses.—adj. In′tellected (Cowper), endowed with intellect.—n. Intellec′tion, the act of understanding: (philos.) apprehension or perception.—adjs. Intellect′ive, able to understand: produced or perceived by the understanding; Intellect′ual, of or relating to the intellect: perceived or performed by the intellect: having the power of understanding.—n. mental power.—v.t. Intellect′ualise, to reason intellectually: to endow with intellect: to give an intellectual character to.—ns. Intellect′ualism, the doctrine which derives all knowledge from pure reason: the culture of the intellect; Intellect′ualist; Intellectual′ity, intellectual power.—adv. Intellect′ually. [Fr.,—L.,—intelligĕre, to understand—inter, between, legĕre, to choose.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intellect

   the faculty of clear and decisive intelligence, or of instant and sure perception.

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1. Intellect

   Knowledge comes from learning Wisdom comes from living.

   Submitted by anonymous on July 7, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of intellect in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of intellect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of intellect in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.

2. Donald Trump:

   He's an outstanding intellect. An outstanding judge. Respected by everybody. Never even had a little blemish on his record. The FBI has I think gone through a process six times with him over the years where he went to higher and higher positions. He is somebody very special.

3. George Santayana:

   Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

4. Swami Sivanada:

   There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laughter.

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