(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Intellectual means involving a person’s ability to think and to understand ideas and information.
High levels of lead could damage the ~ development of children...
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
...~ly satisfying work...
ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, ADV after v
2.
An ~ is someone who spends a lot of time studying and thinking about complicated ideas.
...teachers, artists and other ~s.
N-COUNT
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Intellectual is also an adjective.
They were very ~ and witty.
ADJ