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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outcome |
| Synonyms: | computation, remainder, result |
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| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive, understand |
| Synonyms: | IQ, acuity, acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains, brightness, brilliance, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, coruscation, discernment, gray matter, intellect, judgment, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perception, perspicacity, precocity, quickness, quotient, reason, sagacity, savvy, sense, skill, smarts, subtlety, the right stuff, trenchancy, understanding, what it takes, wit |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | ratio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | percentage, relation of part to whole |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, correlation, correspondence, equation, fraction, proportion, proportionality, quota, quotient, rate, relationship, scale |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, divvy, dose, drag*, due, end, fifty-fifty, fraction, fragment, halver, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, meed, parcel, part, partage, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, points, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, quotum, rake-off, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | [more]. [Less than one.] Fraction. |
| Category: | 3. Indeterminate Number |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
fraction, fractional part; part.
-adjectives
fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal.
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| Concept: | Intelligence. Wisdom. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe [U.S.], savvy [U.S.]; intellect; nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness; acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination; cunning; refinement (taste)., head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head; eagle eye, eagle glance; eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk., wisdom, sapience, sense; good sense, common sense, horse sense [U.S.], plain sense; rationality, reason; reasonableness; judgment; solidity, depth, profundity, caliber; enlarged views; reach of thought, compass of thought; enlargement of mind., genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul; talent (aptitude)., [Wisdom in action] prudence [more]; vigilance; tact; foresight; sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast., a bright thought, not a bad idea.
-verbs
be intelligent; have all one's wits about one; understand (intelligible); catch an idea, take in an idea; take a joke, take a hint., see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone; penetrate; discern (descry); foresee., discriminate; know what's what [more]; listen to reason.
-adjectives
[Applied to persons] intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute; nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle; alive to (cognizant); clever (apt); arch (cunning); pas si bete; acute., wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong-minded., unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed; undazzled, unperplexed; of unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair., cool; cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed; long-sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting; solid, deep, profound.
-phrases
aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet; "but with the morning cool reflection came" [Scott]; flosculi sententiarum; les affaires font les hommes; mas vale saber que haber; mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit [Plautus]; nosce te; nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit [Seneca, from Aristotle]; sapere
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| Antonyms: | imbecility, folly |
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