intellect

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noun

Plural noun:

intellects

1.
(uncountable)The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
Đồng nghĩa: brain, brains, cleverness, head, brightness, esprit, intellect, intelligence, mind, nous, psyche, reason, smartness, smarts, wit, judgment
2.
(uncountable)The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
Đồng nghĩa: intellectual

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Đồng nghĩa

brain brainsclevernesshead brightness esprit intelligence mind nous psyche reason smartness smarts wit judgment intellectual

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Borrowed from intellēctus (understanding, intellect), from Latin intellegō (understand; reason), from inter (between, among) + legō (read), with connotation of bind.