Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having intelligence.
- adjective Having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute.
- adjective Showing sound judgment and rationality.
- adjective Appealing to the intellect; intellectual.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the faculty of understanding; capable of comprehending facts or ideas: as, man is an intelligent being.
- Having an active intellect; possessing aptitude or skill; well informed: as, an intelligent artisan or officer.
- Marked by or indicating intelligence; guided by knowledge or comprehension: as, the intelligent actions of ants; an intelligent answer.
- Having knowledge; cognizant: followed by of.
- Bearing intelligence; giving information; communicative.
- Synonyms Common-sense, etc. (see
sensible ); quick, bright, acute, discerning, sharp-witted, clear-headed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason.
- adjective Possessed of a high level of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; exhibiting high intelligence
- adjective obsolete Cognizant; aware; communicative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of
high orespecially quick cognitive capacity ,bright . - adjective Well
thought-out , wellconsidered . - adjective Characterized by
thoughtful interaction. - adjective Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exercising or showing good judgment
- adjective endowed with the capacity to reason
- adjective having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
- adjective possessing sound knowledge
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"Twice," said I. "Is he intelligent -- _really _intelligent?
The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory Cleveland Moffett 1894
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Replacing God with the term intelligent designer makes no difference as the history of ID shows that this designer is simply God.
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Guess who was one of the sponsors of HB 4946 which would have added the term intelligent designer or creator to science standards?
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The problem is that these ‘arguments’ apply equally well to the term intelligent design as it does to the term creationism.
Desperate times ask for desperate arguments - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Autechre, whose music was codified by the phrase "intelligent dance music," or IDM.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Autechre, whose music was codified by the phrase "intelligent dance music," or IDM.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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To solidify this point, consider the deposition testimony of Charles Thaxton as to why he started to use the term intelligent design in the
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To solidify this point, consider the deposition testimony of Charles Thaxton as to why he started to use the term intelligent design in the
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To solidify this point, consider the deposition testimony of Charles Thaxton as to why he started to use the term intelligent design in the
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To solidify this point, consider the deposition testimony of Charles Thaxton as to why he started to use the term intelligent design in the
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word intelligent
-All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
-Adolf Hitler
July 29, 2009