intellectual

«intellectual» in Mova's school dictionary: about thinking, reasoning and understanding:… — 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; noun (an intellectual, intellectuals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Intellectual means about thinking, reasoning and understanding: «intellectual skills». tree →

2) An intellectual is a person who thinks deeply and is interested in ideas, books and learning. tree →

3) Interested in serious ideas: «an intellectual film». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in formal writing, school reports and talk about the mind. Phrases: «intellectual property» (ideas and inventions that belong to someone), «intellectual development», «intellectual challenge».

examples

• Chess is a great intellectual challenge. tree →
• Reading helps your intellectual growth. tree →
• Her grandfather was a famous intellectual. tree →
• Copying a song breaks intellectual property rules. tree →
• The puzzle tested our intellectual skills. tree →
• They had an intellectual conversation about stars. tree →
• The manner in which these tales are told, however, may often be taken as a test of the intellectual capacity of their tellers. tree →

note

«An intellectual» (vowel sound). Adverb: intellectually. «Intellectual» can be used to tease someone as showing off cleverness (informal).

In the corpora

• "Learning difficulties" is the British official term for an intellectual disability.

Trees and pragmatics

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