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# intellect

«intellect» in Mova's school dictionary: **the power of the mind to think, understand and reason** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural intellects)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Intellect is the power of the mind to think, understand and reason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intellect/#m1)

2) Intellect can mean a clever person with a great mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intellect/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a wise person has sharp intellect; in lessons it names the mind used for solving problems

### examples

- She has a sharp intellect and solves puzzles fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intellect/#x1)
- Reading builds the intellect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intellect/#x2)
- The professor was a man of great intellect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intellect/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intellect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intellect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.