intelligentとは

語源

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/

形容詞

intelligent (comparative more intelligent または intelligenter, superlative most intelligent または intelligentest)

1. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:

     Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

2. Well thought-out, well considered.

   The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.

   The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.

3. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.

   My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.

4. Having the same level of brain power as mankind.

   The hunt for intelligent life.

5. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

   An intelligent network or keyboard.

同意語

• (of high または quick cognitive capacity): For semantic relationships of this term, see intelligent in the Thesaurus.
• (same level of brain power as mankind): For semantic relationships of this term, see self-aware in the Thesaurus.

反意語

• stupid

Latin

動詞

intelligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intelligō