ра́зум — meaning in English

English meaning

• intellect noun The mental capacity for reasoning, understanding, and abstract thought.
• intelligence noun The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge effectively.
• mind noun The part of a person responsible for thought, awareness, memory, and reasoning.
• nous noun Practical common sense; the ability to think and act sensibly.
• reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
• sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
• wit noun The ability to say clever, funny things quickly.

Senses

ра́зум is used for these senses in English:

• intellect (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
• intelligence (mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.
• mind The capability for rational thought.
• mind The ability to be aware of things.
• mind (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
• reason (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
• sense Sound practical or moral judgment.
• wit (now, _, usually, _, in the plural) Sanity.

intelligence — full definition

1. noun The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge effectively.
2. noun Secret information gathered about an enemy, rival, or hostile situation, or the agency that collects it.

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