intellect
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/
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intelecto
- So he was a thoughtful man with a hungry mind and a questioning intellect.
- human intellect
- mind and intellect
- intellect and emotion
So it's not just about our intellect and our ideas.
- So it's not just about our intellect and our ideas.
- And as I said earlier, then the intellect comes in, right?
- So right now your intellect is a sharp instrument.
- So the soul is between intellect and the physical world.
- You're trying to use your intellect beyond its ambit, that's all.
- And that's what's most fundamentally real is the will, not the intellect, but the will.
- And it's very easy for the intellect to drown out the spiritual self.
- I think you could reductively boil down the human intellect into cognition and emotion.
- One of my green flags for intellect is someone being able to say that they don't know.
- And then I really learned to greatly admire his intellect and to find the jousting with him.
- You can gauge a person's intellect by their intellectual quotient, their IQ.
- In terms of intellect and influence, Dubois had few rivals.
- It was, it was above my level of intellect.
- And he listed them as protection of religion, life, property, intellect and lineage.
- But cynicism is not a signifier of intellect.
- There is no hierarchy in this once intellect enters this.
- People who get comfortable of mind and intellect get dull.
- Yeah, all the way down from intellect itself down to the earth.
- Add value, provide your authority, provide your intellect, help people.
Examples
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I was impressed, not just by their participation, but also by their intellect and, in some cases, profundity.
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His general intellect was fine, as were his social skills.
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So it's not just about our intellect and our ideas.
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And as I said earlier, then the intellect comes in, right?
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We'll talk about the impact that that intellect had on his architecture.
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A more advanced intellect would have seen this move coming a mile away.
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The school's purpose is to cultivate intellect and character in partnership with families and the community.
Academic text (2013) -
In terms of intellect and influence, Dubois had few rivals.
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Research might help determine how much of global awareness involves the intellect and how much involves nonintellectual matters.
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The scientist's intellect allowed her to solve complex problems with ease.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
The part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers
∞
3.0
The power to think and understand clearly
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2.3
Mental ability to think and learn
871
1.1
The ability to know what something means
418
3.0
Ability to learn, understand, and use knowledge to solve problems
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3.7
The ability to think clearly and make decisions
8
3.4
Mental ability to think and solve problems
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8.1
Ability to think quickly and clearly
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4.4
The ability to think and understand
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3.7
A skill that lets you think, learn, and remember information
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6.4
Quick, clear thinking that helps you understand and decide
Antonyms
How Intelligent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word intellect comes from the Latin intelligere, which means 'to understand' or 'to pick out' ideas. So intellect is the power to think, reason, and understand things clearly, and it is the same root as intelligent.