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akıl — meaning in English

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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.
  • reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
  • wisdom noun The ability to use knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgements.

Senses

akıl 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.
  • reason (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
  • wisdom The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.

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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