intelligent
adj.adj. having the ability to learn, understand, and use information well. You use this to describe people who are smart or machines that can think for themselves.
adj. possessing a high capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, and learning. In a technical context, it refers to systems capable of processing information and making autonomous decisions.
She is an intelligent student who learns very quickly.
Modern homes use intelligent thermostats that learn your schedule to save energy automatically.
The debate over whether machines can truly be intelligent often hinges on whether we define the term as mere processing power or as genuine consciousness.
From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Partly from Russian интеллиге́нт (intelligént) and partly from the adjective.
Typically used to modify nouns or as a subject complement after linking verbs like 'be' or 'seem'.
He is more intelligent than meHe is more intelligent than I amWhile common in speech, formal writing often requires the subject pronoun after 'than' to complete the implied clause.