Intellect - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɪntəlekt|  American pronunciation of the word intellect
Brit.  |ˈɪntəlekt|  British pronunciation of the word intellect

noun

- knowledge and intellectual ability (syn: mind)
he has a keen intellect
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination (syn: reason, understanding)
- a person who uses the mind creatively (syn: intellectual)

Extra examples

She is a woman of superior intellect.

She has a sharp intellect.

We were required to read a book every week in order to develop our intellects.

He combined a formidable intellect with a talent for speaking.

...a philosophical discussion about the corporeality of the intellect, as distinct from the brain...

The infinite the intellect cannot embrace.

His features are inexpressive of intellect.

The intellect instinctively dreads lies.

There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals.

These were the very dregs and rinsings of the human intellect. (Th. De Quincey)

Word forms

noun
singular: intellect
plural: intellects
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