intelligent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   able to learn, understand, and think clearly; clever.

   She is an intelligent student who learns new ideas very quickly.

2. 2
   adj

   showing careful thought; well considered.

   The engineer made an intelligent proposal for the new car design.

3. 3
   adj

   of a machine or device: able to sense its surroundings and react automatically.

   The car has an intelligent system that warns you about nearby objects.

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

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