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Plural of intellect

regular plural

The plural of intellect is intellects.

Forms of intellect

Singularintellect /ˈɪntəlɛkt/
Pluralintellects
Countablecountable and uncountable

Intellects in a sentence

  • Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
  • And this is particularly so for many of our women students who have been hustled and snake-oiled to deny the validity of their intellects.1995, Nancy Owen Nelson, editor, Private Voices, Public Lives. From the entry snake-oil
  • He is a brilliant fellow when he chooses to work—one of the brightest intellects of the University, but he is wayward, dissipated, and unprincipled.1904 June, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Three Students”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure…. From the entry wayward

Meaning of intellect

  1. noun The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
  2. noun The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
  3. noun A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

Full definition of intellect

Questions about the plural of intellect

What is the plural of intellect?
The plural of intellect is intellects.
Is intellect countable?
Intellect is a countable and uncountable noun.

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