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  • 21intellect — n. 1) (a) keen, sharp, superior intellect 2) of intellect (a person of keen intellect) * * * [ ɪntɪlekt] sharp superiorintellect (a) keen of intellect (a person of keen intellect) …

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  • 22intellect — UK [ˈɪntəlekt] / US [ˈɪnt(ə)lˌekt] noun Word forms intellect : singular intellect plural intellects 1) [uncountable] the ability to think in an intelligent way and to understand difficult or complicated ideas and subjects These activities are… …

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  • 23intellect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant, formidable, great, keen, powerful, sharp, superior, towering ▪ limited, low …

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  • 24intellect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental capacity Nouns 1. intellect, intellectuality, mentality, brain[s], mind, understanding, reason (see reasoning), rationality; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation (see attention);… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 25intellect — n. 1 a the faculty of reasoning, knowing, and thinking, as distinct from feeling. b the understanding or mental powers (of a particular person etc.) (his intellect is not great). 2 a a clever or knowledgeable person. b the intelligentsia regarded …

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  • 26Intellect (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. L intellect est une faculté de l homme. INTELLECT est un langage informatique. Catégorie : Homonymie …

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  • 27intellect — noun a) the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding (uncountable) Intellect is one of mans greatest powers. b) the capacity of that faculty (in a particular …

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  • 28intellect — 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

  • 29intellect — 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 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30intellect — [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