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intelligent
Adjective
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If you are intelligent, you can understand difficult ideas easily and think clearly.
Any intelligent person should be able to understand this.
Today's children are more intelligent than children in the past.
Baboons are highly intelligent animals and learn to meet their needs in many different ways.
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If an idea or something said is intelligent, it shows good understanding and clear thinking.
That's probably the most intelligent comment I've heard today.
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If another living thing or a machine is intelligent, it can think in ways that are similar to us.
We will not likely find intelligent life of other planets.
linear
Adjective
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A linear, model, system, relationship, etc. is one where a change in one part leads to a similar change in another part.
There is a linear relationship between levels of self-confidence and levels of anxiety.
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If something is linear, it is straight or flat, not curved.
The ants didn't follow a direct or linear path.
motion
Noun
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A motion is a movement, often not a big movement.
She made a small motion with her hand to get his attention.
The light turned green and he put the car into motion.
guide
Noun
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a document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
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a sign that guides people; guidepost.
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any marking or object that catches a person's attention for quick reference.
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a device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
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a spirit thought to speak through a medium.
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a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement for the rest.
guide
Verb
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to serve as a guide for someone or something.
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to steer or navigate.
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to use control or influence over someone or something.
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to supervise the education of someone.
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To act as a guide.