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intelligent

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11 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eegiillnnttStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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