Definitions
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
Word origin
From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Used in a sentence
“Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.””
“The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.”
“The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.”
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