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. — Shady_arc
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. — Espi
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