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intellegent

intellegent is the misspelling of intelligent.

Meaning of intelligent

Adjective

intelligent (comparative more intelligent or (rare, proscribed) intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or (rare, proscribed) intelligentest)

  1. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
    • 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.”1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings
  2. Well thought-out, well considered.
    • The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.
  3. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
    • My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.
  4. Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
    • The hunt for extraterrestrial intelligent life continues.
    Synonyms:
    self-aware
  5. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
    • an intelligent network or keyboard

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Questions about intellegent

What is intellegent the misspelling of?
Intellegent is the misspelling of intelligent.

Words near intellegent in the dictionary

  1. intellectually disabled
  2. intellectualness
  3. intellectualoid
  4. intellectualoids
  5. intellectuals
  6. intellegent
  7. intelligence
  8. intelligence agencies
  9. intelligence agency
  10. intelligence asset
  11. intelligence assets

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