intellect

UK /ˈɪntəlɛkt/ US /ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ

brilliant, considerable, formidable, keen, powerful, superior, sharp | limited, low, weak | creative, rational, scientific | human

VERB + INTELLECT

have

My grandfather had a sharp intellect even in his nineties.

exercise

Playing chess helps students exercise their intellect while having fun with friends.

noun

The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.

The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).

They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.

Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect

A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.

noun — knowledge and intellectual ability

noun — the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimina

noun — a person who uses the mind creatively

Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.

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They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.

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Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect

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Opinion is ultimately determined by feelings, and not by the intellect.

Tatoeba · #28225

It is beyond the boundaries of human intellect.

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In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.

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