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# intelligent

«intelligent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to learn, understand and think well and quickly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (intelligent, more intelligent, most intelligent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Able to learn, understand and think well and quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#m1)

2) Showing good thinking (an intelligent answer, an intelligent choice). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#m2)

3) Of a machine or system: able to act in a smart way (intelligent software). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used about people, animals and machines: dolphins and crows are intelligent animals. In science, scientists study how intelligent animals solve problems. In stories it describes clever characters. Phrases: highly intelligent, an intelligent question, intelligent life (life able to think, on other planets).

### examples

- Crows are intelligent birds that can use tools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x1)
- That was an intelligent question, Maya. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x2)
- My dog is so intelligent she can open the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x3)
- Scientists search for intelligent life in space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x4)
- Make an intelligent choice and wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x5)
- Being intelligent is not the same as being kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x6)
- The robot uses intelligent software to avoid walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x7)
- ‘Do not fear,’ he answered; ‘she is too clever and intelligent to lose her way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligent/#x8)

### note

Spelling: two l's in the middle, ends in -ent (intelligent, not -ant). Noun: intelligence. Synonyms: clever, smart, bright. Trap: "intelligent" means able to think well; "intellectual" means interested in ideas and study.

### In the corpora

- [SETI scientists listen with radio telescopes for signals from intelligent life, but no confirmed alien signal has ever been found.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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