Brainy - English meaning

adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

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Academic achievement

noun

A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.

Usage examples:

The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

adjective

Relating to schools, esp. colleges and universities, or connected with studying and thinking and not with useful skills

Usage examples:

Which diamond ring you like more is purely academic, because i can’t afford either one.

noun

An intellectual or literary woman.

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A victorian bluestocking

adjective

(of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying.

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A bookish, untidy boy

adjective

Enjoying books more than other things

Usage examples:

He’s pleasant but a shy, bookish type.

adjective

Giving out or reflecting much light; shining.

Usage examples:

The sun was dazzlingly bright

adverb

Brightly.

Usage examples:

A full moon shining bright

noun

Bold and vivid colours.

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A choice of colours from pastels through to brights

adjective

(of light or colour) very bright.

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Brilliant sunshine illuminated the scene

noun

A diamond of brilliant cut.

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An elegant necklace with four rows of brilliants

adjective

Extremely intelligent or highly skilled

Usage examples:

A brilliant plan, armstrong was one of the most brilliant musicians in jazz., the sky was a brillia…

adjective

Of the cerebrum of the brain.

Usage examples:

A cerebral haemorrhage

adjective

Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

Usage examples:

She was an extremely clever and studious young woman

adjective

Having or showing a quick intelligence in doing something or in persuading people to do something

Usage examples:

It was certainly a clever ad and got a lot of attention., did you notice how she cleverly avoided a…

adjective

Characterized by refined taste and manners and good education.

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A cultured and intelligent man

verb

Maintain (tissue cells, bacteria, etc.) in conditions suitable for growth.

Usage examples:

Several investigators have attempted to culture biliary cells

adjective

Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

Usage examples:

Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion

adjective

Having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by very few people

Usage examples:

He's the author of an erudite book on scottish history.

noun

Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.

Usage examples:

She was a teacher of genius

adjective

Very clever or ingenious.

Usage examples:

A genius idea

noun

Very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this

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(an) artistic/creative/musical genius, einstein was a (mathematical) genius., from the age of three…

adjective

Having exceptional talent or natural ability.

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A gifted amateur musician

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

adjective

Having a special ability

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A gifted artist

adjective

Intellectual or rarefied in taste.

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Innovatory art had a small, mostly highbrow following

noun

A highbrow person.

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She considered all those without television as highbrows, intellectual snobs, or paupers

adjective

(of literature, art, music, films, or plays) serious and intended for intelligent educated people who know a lot about these forms of art, or (of people) intelligent and knowing a lot about such things

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Highbrow entertainment, a highbrow intellectual

adjective

Relating to the intellect.

Usage examples:

Children need intellectual stimulation

noun

A person possessing a highly developed intellect.

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A prominent political thinker and intellectual

adjective

Relating to the ability to think and understand ideas at a high level, or involving ideas

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He was among the political and intellectual leaders of his time.

adjective

Having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.

Usage examples:

Anna is intelligent and hard-working

adjective

Showing intelligence, or the ability to understand and learn well

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A highly intelligent woman, she writes intelligently about the life of mary baker eddy.

adjective

Able to learn and understand things quickly and easily

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A lot of thoroughly intelligent, sensible people have fallen for the salesman's charm., a highly in…

adjective

Involving or relating to serious academic study.

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Scholarly journals

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

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The smart of the recent cuts

adjective

Spending a lot of time studying or reading.

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He was quiet and studious

adjective

Liking to study

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She was a studious child who spent hours reading.

adjective

(of a person or animal) intelligent and able to understand things quickly

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They have a whip-smart and beautiful daughter in college., the candidate was described as "whip sma…