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intelligent

[ in-tel-i-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals:

    an intelligent student.

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  2. displaying or characterized by quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment:

    an intelligent reply.

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  3. having the faculty of reasoning and understanding; possessing intelligence:

    intelligent beings in outer space.

  4. Computers. pertaining to the ability to do data processing locally; smart: Compare dumb ( def 8 ).

    An intelligent terminal can edit input before transmission to a host computer.

  5. Archaic. having understanding or knowledge (usually followed by of ).


intelligent

/ ɪˈɛɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. having or indicating intelligence
  2. having high intelligence; clever
  3. indicating high intelligence; perceptive

    an intelligent guess

  4. guided by reason; rational
  5. (of computerized functions) able to modify action in the light of ongoing events
  6. archaic.
    postpositivefoll byof having knowledge or information

    they were intelligent of his whereabouts

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱԳٱ, adverb
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  • ·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • p··ٱl·Գ adjective
  • hyper··ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • ԴDzi·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • non·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • i·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • pre·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • ܲȴ-·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • quasi-·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • i-·ٱl·Գ adjective
  • semi-·ٱl·Գ· adverb
  • p··ٱl·Գ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of intelligent1

First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin intelligent- (stem of ԳٱŧԲ, present participle of intelligere, variant of intellegere “to understand,” literally, “choose between),” equivalent to intel- (variant of inter- inter- ) + -lig- (combining form of leg-, stem of legere “to pick up, choose”; lection ) + -ent- -ent
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Synonym Study

Intelligent, intellectual describe distinctive mental capacity. Intelligent often suggests a natural quickness of understanding: an intelligent reader. Intellectual implies not only having a high degree of understanding, but also a capacity and taste for the higher forms of knowledge: intellectual interests. See sharp.
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But with Bing, whom the filmmakers treat as a genuine co-star worthy of close-ups, contemplation and authentic dog behavior, Watts finds another rich vein of emotion to dramatize with delicacy, humor and intelligent vulnerability.

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The wide gap in quality between the two projects speaks clearly to the dissonance between incisive, intelligent creators and those who want little more than to capitalize on an already dying trend.

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He’s just a very intelligent, manageable, smart, ratable kind of horse that will do anything his rider tells him to do.

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The way he took it was really intelligent, because he had the option to pop the ball out to the left but the United back-line kept backing off, and he just kept on going.

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Despite the systems being labelled intelligent, critics argue LLMs do not "think", have no understanding of what they produce and can confidently present errors as fact.

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