intelligent

«intelligent» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Showing good thinking (an intelligent answer, an intelligent choice). tree →

3) Of a machine or system: able to act in a smart way (intelligent software). tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Kalisch says the book teaches one first, self-existing, eternal cause of all things. In the primary 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

• 1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Crows are intelligent birds that can use tools. tree →
• That was an intelligent question, Maya. tree →
• My dog is so intelligent she can open the gate. tree →
• Scientists search for intelligent life in space. tree →
• Make an intelligent choice and wear a helmet. tree →
• Being intelligent is not the same as being kind. tree →
• The robot uses intelligent software to avoid walls. tree →
• ‘Do not fear,’ he answered; ‘she is too clever and intelligent to lose her way. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «intelligent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.