intelligent

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It doesn't have to do with you being too intelligent and having figured out things earlier than others.

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Quick take

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

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adjective

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

adjective

possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers"

adjective

exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for intelligent.

adjective

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

adjective

possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers"

adjective

See also: healthy, levelheaded, level-headed, sound

adjective

endowed with the capacity to reason

Example sentences

It doesn't have to do with you being too intelligent and having figured out things earlier than others.

"This is the blogging platform for creative, intelligent, and witty people.

"It pains me to hear intelligent people talk about being "tracked" as something "bad" a priori.

You see it all the time, there are tons of businesses started and run by intelligent and driven women.

The fact that you only know how to do math does not show that you are intelligent; it only shows that you are specialized.

Apollo is a friend of mine - and he's without a doubt one of the most talented, intelligent performers working today.

I'm reasonably intelligent, I've never had a drug or alcohol problem.

Then you can start creating intelligent drugs that pinpoint those important processes, to avoid the unfortunate side effects of drugs like ketamine.

The most outrageous argument from a PhD might be preferred in debate over a rational argument from an intelligent person, like Charlie Stross.

The most important paragraph if you're not interested in reading the whole thing:Is there an intelligent alternative to lying or telling the truth that we have not yet examined?

The top rated comment on this question asserts that the reason why programmers have lower salaries is because they are logical, intelligent individuals who refuse to play the politics game and thus are hated by executives.

It is probably the hardest thing we data people have to deal with: criticism from the "trusted advisors" who, due to the cognitive dissonance suffered by the executives who pay them loads of cash, are deemed to be intelligent when they really aren't.

Interestingly, there were no trade hubs built into the core game design -- players gradually settled into certain areas and made their own pockets of population where trade thrived.>>> Gudmundsson had some fun examples of how intelligent virtual economies can be.