Intelligent
adjective
Being able to think, understand, and learn things quickly and well.
Jake is very intelligent, he always gets good grades.
Often appears as...
- highly intelligent
- very intelligent
adjective
Having or showing the ability to easily learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations.
An intelligent software system that learns your habits and tailors itself to fit your needs.
Often appears as...
- intelligent system
- intelligent software
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Technical
adjective
Having or showing a clever or quick mind; able to learn and understand things quickly and easily.
Intelligent students grasp concepts quickly.
Often appears as...
- intelligent student
- intelligent conversation
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Approving
adjective
Being able to think, understand, and learn things quickly and well.
Jake is very intelligent, he always gets good grades.
Often appears as...
- highly intelligent
- very intelligent
adjective
Having or showing the ability to easily learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations.
An intelligent software system that learns your habits and tailors itself to fit your needs.
Often appears as...
- intelligent system
- intelligent software
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having or showing a clever or quick mind; able to learn and understand things quickly and easily.
Intelligent students grasp concepts quickly.
Often appears as...
- intelligent student
- intelligent conversation
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Speed of Understanding
Intelligent often emphasizes quick learning ability, not just overall mental capacity.
Her intelligent mind solved the puzzle in seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Academics
Intelligent can refer to street-smarts and practical knowledge, not just book learning.
He's intelligent at dealing with real-world problems.
Pro Tip 3/3Praise and Compliment
Calling someone intelligent is a high compliment, so use it sincerely.
I admire her; she’s an intelligent leader.
Pro Tip 1/3Speed of Understanding
Intelligent often emphasizes quick learning ability, not just overall mental capacity.
Her intelligent mind solved the puzzle in seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Academics
Intelligent can refer to street-smarts and practical knowledge, not just book learning.
He's intelligent at dealing with real-world problems.
Pro Tip 3/3Praise and Compliment
Calling someone intelligent is a high compliment, so use it sincerely.
I admire her; she’s an intelligent leader.
Pro Tip 1/3Speed of Understanding
Intelligent often emphasizes quick learning ability, not just overall mental capacity.
Her intelligent mind solved the puzzle in seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Academics
Intelligent can refer to street-smarts and practical knowledge, not just book learning.
He's intelligent at dealing with real-world problems.
Pro Tip 3/3Praise and Compliment
Calling someone intelligent is a high compliment, so use it sincerely.
I admire her; she’s an intelligent leader.
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Why the octopus brain is...
in developing flexible robots made of soft materials. And studying how intelligence can arise along such a divergent evolutionary path can help us understand more about intelligence and consciousness in general. Who knows what other forms of intelligent life are possible, or how they process the world around them.
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Why elephants never...
When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this,
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An algorithm for happily...
sure all of you can think of friends who are intelligent grown adults who seem to lose all capacity for reason when it comes to their love life and so it can happen to the best of us it leaves us with a conundrum on the one hand falling in love is one of the best experiences
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Should we be looking for...
They also included a map. Each golden record displays the location of our solar system with respect to fourteen pulsars. Their precise, unique frequencies were indicated so that intelligent, extraterrestrial lifeforms could use them to find the Earth.
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Questions No One Knows...
It's just sitting there ready to obliterate anything that becomes a threat. Or maybe they're not that intelligent, or perhaps the evolution of an intelligence capable of creating sophisticated technology is far rarer than we've assumed.
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Is there a limit to...
A truly advanced civilization, then, would harness both stellar energy and subatomic technologies. But these predictions weren't made just for us humans. They double as a possible means of detecting intelligent life in the universe.
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What happens when our...
B, why haven't the chimpanzees flicked the off switch to humanity, or the Neanderthals? They certainly had reasons. We have an off switch, for example, right here. The reason is that we are an intelligent adversary;
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Orca's Extraordinary...
the rising tide breaches their nursery creating a narrow inlet to the pool and an opportunity for the intelligent organ she is thought to be the first of her kind in the world to hunt seals in this
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Deadly Killer Whale...
i think they've just really want to find out what this strange plastic yellow boat in their world is i'm seeing firsthand how intelligent they are
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Earth Day Eve 2021 PIPE...
- Whales are the world's most intelligent giants, but they're still a mystery.
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Why the octopus brain is...
in developing flexible robots made of soft materials. And studying how intelligence can arise along such a divergent evolutionary path can help us understand more about intelligence and consciousness in general. Who knows what other forms of intelligent life are possible, or how they process the world around them.
Video examples
Why elephants never...
When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this,
Video examples
An algorithm for happily...
sure all of you can think of friends who are intelligent grown adults who seem to lose all capacity for reason when it comes to their love life and so it can happen to the best of us it leaves us with a conundrum on the one hand falling in love is one of the best experiences
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Should we be looking for...
They also included a map. Each golden record displays the location of our solar system with respect to fourteen pulsars. Their precise, unique frequencies were indicated so that intelligent, extraterrestrial lifeforms could use them to find the Earth.
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Questions No One Knows...
It's just sitting there ready to obliterate anything that becomes a threat. Or maybe they're not that intelligent, or perhaps the evolution of an intelligence capable of creating sophisticated technology is far rarer than we've assumed.
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
A truly advanced civilization, then, would harness both stellar energy and subatomic technologies. But these predictions weren't made just for us humans. They double as a possible means of detecting intelligent life in the universe.
Video examples
What happens when our...
B, why haven't the chimpanzees flicked the off switch to humanity, or the Neanderthals? They certainly had reasons. We have an off switch, for example, right here. The reason is that we are an intelligent adversary;
Video examples
Orca's Extraordinary...
the rising tide breaches their nursery creating a narrow inlet to the pool and an opportunity for the intelligent organ she is thought to be the first of her kind in the world to hunt seals in this
Video examples
Deadly Killer Whale...
i think they've just really want to find out what this strange plastic yellow boat in their world is i'm seeing firsthand how intelligent they are
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Earth Day Eve 2021 PIPE...
- Whales are the world's most intelligent giants, but they're still a mystery.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy - the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
In a universe that's an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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George Orwell
British Author
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don't know.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy - the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.
Quote examples
Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
In a universe that's an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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George Orwell
British Author
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don't know.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.
Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.
Quote examples
Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
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