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intellect
[ in-tl-ekt ]
noun
- the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
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- capacity for thinking and acquiring knowledge, especially of a high or complex order; mental capacity.
- a particular mind or intelligence, especially of a high order.
- a person possessing a great capacity for thought and knowledge.
- minds collectively, as of a number of persons or the persons themselves.
intellect
/ 藞瑟苍迟瑟藢濒蓻办迟 /
noun
- the capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing
- a mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one
his intellect is wasted on that job
- informal.a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain
- those possessing the greatest mental power
the intellect of a nation
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Derived Forms
- 藢颈苍迟别濒藞濒别肠迟颈惫别, adjective
- 藢颈苍迟别濒藞濒别肠迟颈惫别ly, adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of intellect1
1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin 颈苍迟别濒濒脓肠迟耻蝉, equivalent to intelleg(ere) 鈥渢o understand鈥 + -tus suffix of verbal action; intelligent
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of intellect1
C14: from Latin intellectus comprehension, intellect, from intellegere to understand; see intelligence
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See mind.
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He values skill, graciousness, and intellect and detests wanton corruption 鈥 especially when it touches him or someone he cares about.
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Might Van Buren have feelings for L谩szl贸 that go beyond the intellect?
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Her account offers an urgent look at mental health and intellect.
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鈥淚n sport, we want the excitement of intellect operating,鈥 Boras said.
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"He went from being a man who was a master of words - a man of intellect - to me teaching him to speak," she says.
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