Intellekt — meaning in English

English meaning

• intellect noun The mental capacity for reasoning, understanding, and abstract thought.
• reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
• wit noun The ability to say clever, funny things quickly.

Senses

Intellekt is used for these senses in English:

• intellect (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
• reason (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
• wit Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

reason — full definition

1. noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
2. noun The ability to think logically and make judgments; rational thought.
3. verb To think through something logically in order to reach a conclusion.

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