Palabras en English para 'of or relating to the intellect'
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adj
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- lacking material body or form or substance
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
noun
adj
- of or relating to the mind
- involving the mind or an intellectual process
- Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
- Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
- of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
- affected by a disorder of the mind
- of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
- (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
- Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
- Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
- (biology, relational) Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
- Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
- (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
- Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
- Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
noun
adj
- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
- appealing to or using the intellect
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
- involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
noun
adj
- having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
- consistent with or based on or using reason
- (algebraic geometry) Of a point on an algebraic variety over a field: whose coordinates belong to the field in question (in contrast to those points of the variety which are only defined over the algebraic closure of the base field).
- Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
- (of a person or personal characteristics) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
- (arithmetic) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.
- (algebraic geometry) Of a variety: (informally) geometrically simple almost everywhere; (formally) birationally equivalent to projective space
- Capable of reasoning.
- (algebraic geometry) Of a function between varieties: acting as a morphism on an open subset of its domain.
- (algebra) Of an algebraic expression in indeterminates, or more generally a function: capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.
noun
adj
- of or relating to the mental faculties
- able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
- optional
- (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- That grants permission or power to do something.
- (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
- Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
noun
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
adj
verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
adv
adj
noun
noun
verb
noun
- an intellectual hold or understanding
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- the act of grasping
- worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
- A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
- An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
- (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
- (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of pistol grip.
- (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
- (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
- A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
- (figurative) Mental grasp.
- (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
verb
- hold fast or firmly
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
- (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
- (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
- (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
- (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
noun
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
prep
verb
noun
- (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- Common sense; practical intelligence.
- (neoplatonism) The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
- common sense
noun
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- mental ability
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (figuratively) The mind or brain.
- (Scotland) A shallow bow-handled basket.
- A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
- The crown of the headpiece in armour.
- (anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
- the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- a person who uses the mind creatively
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
noun
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- harshness of manner
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
noun
- the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
- (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
noun
- the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
- (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
verb
- To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
- To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
- (US) To find a seemingly rational explanation for.
- (psychology) To use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences.
noun
- Deep intellect or insight.
- (now uncommon) A great depth; a deep place.
- The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
- wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
- the quality of being physically deep
- the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
- intellectual depth, penetrating knowledge, keen insight, etc.
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- (idiomatic, of information, a plan, etc.) Within one's intellect, memory, or mind.
- (idiomatic, mathematics, of performing a calculation) Mentally.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, one's, head.
- (idiomatic, of a false belief, delusion, etc.) Within one's imagination; without basis in reality.
- (idiomatic) Anxious due to overthinking an issue.
noun
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- painful expectation
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
noun
- (idiomatic) Brains; a person's ability to think.
- (neuroanatomy) A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.
- Literal brains as a general substance.
- greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
noun
noun
- the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
- a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- (motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.
- plural of marble
- Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
- (figurative, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.
verb
noun
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Design; pattern.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- an artistic device or effect
- feelings of excessive pride
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
adj
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
noun
noun
- (figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
- An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
- (nautical) The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
- An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. [from 17th c.]
- (biochemistry) A fragment of an oligosaccharide
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal view
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- your intention; what you intend to do
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
- the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
- (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
- (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
verb
adj
- devoted to matters of the mind
- capable of physically reflecting light or sound
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
- (grammar) Reciprocal.
- (programming) Involving reflection.
- That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
- Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
- (programming) By means of reflection.
- That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
noun
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
- The capability for rational thought.
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- attention
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- an important intellectual
- an opinion formed by judging something
- recall or remembrance
- your intention; what you intend to do
verb
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- (now regional) To remember.
- To be careful about.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- pay close attention to; give heed to
- be in charge of or deal with
- keep in mind
- be concerned with or about something or somebody
- be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by
noun
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
adj
verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
noun
verb
noun
- an intellectual hold or understanding
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- the act of grasping
- worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
- A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
- An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
- (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
- (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of pistol grip.
- (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
- (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
- A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
- (figurative) Mental grasp.
- (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
verb
- hold fast or firmly
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
- (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
- (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
- (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
- (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
noun
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
prep
verb
noun
- (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- Common sense; practical intelligence.
- (neoplatonism) The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
- common sense
noun
- (in the plural) Intellect.
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- mental ability
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (figuratively) The mind or brain.
- (Scotland) A shallow bow-handled basket.
- A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
- The crown of the headpiece in armour.
- (anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
- the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- a person who uses the mind creatively
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
noun
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- harshness of manner
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
noun
- the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
- (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
noun
- the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
- (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
noun
- Deep intellect or insight.
- (now uncommon) A great depth; a deep place.
- The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
- wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
- the quality of being physically deep
- the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
- intellectual depth, penetrating knowledge, keen insight, etc.
noun
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- painful expectation
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
noun
- (idiomatic) Brains; a person's ability to think.
- (neuroanatomy) A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.
- Literal brains as a general substance.
- greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
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noun
- the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
- a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- (motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.
- plural of marble
- Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
- (figurative, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.
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noun
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Design; pattern.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- an artistic device or effect
- feelings of excessive pride
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
noun
- (figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
- An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
- (nautical) The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
- An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. [from 17th c.]
- (biochemistry) A fragment of an oligosaccharide
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal view
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- your intention; what you intend to do
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
- the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
- (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
- (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
verb
noun
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
- The capability for rational thought.
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- attention
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- an important intellectual
- an opinion formed by judging something
- recall or remembrance
- your intention; what you intend to do
verb
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- (now regional) To remember.
- To be careful about.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- pay close attention to; give heed to
- be in charge of or deal with
- keep in mind
- be concerned with or about something or somebody
- be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by
verb
- To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
- To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
- (US) To find a seemingly rational explanation for.
- (psychology) To use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences.
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adj
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- lacking material body or form or substance
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
noun
adj
- of or relating to the mind
- involving the mind or an intellectual process
- Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
- Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
- of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
- affected by a disorder of the mind
- of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
- (relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
- Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
- Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
- (biology, relational) Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
- Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
- (colloquial, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
- Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
- Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
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adj
- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
- appealing to or using the intellect
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
- involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
noun
adj
- having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
- consistent with or based on or using reason
- (algebraic geometry) Of a point on an algebraic variety over a field: whose coordinates belong to the field in question (in contrast to those points of the variety which are only defined over the algebraic closure of the base field).
- Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
- (of a person or personal characteristics) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
- (arithmetic) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.
- (algebraic geometry) Of a variety: (informally) geometrically simple almost everywhere; (formally) birationally equivalent to projective space
- Capable of reasoning.
- (algebraic geometry) Of a function between varieties: acting as a morphism on an open subset of its domain.
- (algebra) Of an algebraic expression in indeterminates, or more generally a function: capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.
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adj
- of or relating to the mental faculties
- able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
- optional
- (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- That grants permission or power to do something.
- (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
- Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
adj
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
noun
adj
- devoted to matters of the mind
- capable of physically reflecting light or sound
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
- (grammar) Reciprocal.
- (programming) Involving reflection.
- That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
- Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
- (programming) By means of reflection.
- That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.