Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin
intelligentia, from intelligent-, intelligens intelligent
Date: 14th century
(1) : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new
or trying situations : REASON; also: the skilled use of reason
(2) : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment
or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as
tests)
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