intellect
The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understandingThe faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
» He is a man of intellect.
Он человек большого ума.
Он очень неглупый человек.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
Intellekt
интелле́ктintellékt, ра́зумrázum, умum
інтеле́ктintelékt, ро́зумrózum, розсу́докrozsúdok
(uncountable)The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
(countable, uncountable)A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
интеллектуа́лintellektuál
a person who uses the mind creatively
Examples
36 sentencesHe is a man of intellect.
ruОн человек большого ума.
There is erosion against the intellect.
Whoever has no intellect, has legs.
His happiness is bigger than his intellect.
deEr hat mehr Glück als Verstand.
Yanni has to keep intellect over emotion.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.
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Forms
plural: intellects| Singular | intellect |
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Synonyms
18 synonyms- knowledge and intellectual ability:mind
- a person who uses the mind creatively:intellectual
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination:reasonunderstanding
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable