intellectual skill

collocation in English

meaningsofintellectualandskill

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intellectual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/
us
/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/
us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Willpower can be more important than muscle power andintellectualskilland experience can be most crucial of all.
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Obviously, the pure testing of memory is not necessarily a testing ofintellectualskill.
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He said that they were obviously written primarily for money and do not display the literary andintellectualskillevident in his earlier work.
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These festivals provide opportunities to the budding generations and village stalwarts to demonstrate theirintellectualskilland physical powers.
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He defined intellectuals as members of the social group that, more than any other, is engaged in intellectual tasks, and endowed with intellectual skills.
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That making art in a collaborative environment can contribute to social and personal development, concentration, intellectual skills, self-esteem and promote social cohesion is self-evident.
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The question arises of whether first-born may differ from later-born children in achievement, because of differences in intellectual skills rather than differences in personality.
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Although we might expect that those with superior intellectual skills will often adopt better decisions strategies, this seems an inadequate criterion for rationality.
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Language is learned in the normal course of events by children with various intellectual skills, fostered or neglected, and exposed to whatever set of linguistic stimuli in the environment.
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Whilst declarative knowledge is concerned with facts and things, procedural knowledge is that leading to action, a fundamental distinction having implications for the teaching of intellectual skills and productions.
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All study increases not only knowledge but also intellectual skills of analysis and understanding.
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They are expected to combine good basic intellectual skills with strong personal qualities.
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People with practical skills are just as important to our economy as those with academic or intellectual skills.
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Most business men will say that intellectual skills alone are not sufficient for success.
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They recognise that they have to compete using the skills of their people— and increasingly their intellectual skills.
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But in cases where people endure further, even repeated, acute episodes frequently there is a serious diminution in social and intellectual skills.
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We know that there is an increasing premium in the global economy on intellectual skills.
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We believe that to enrich our civilisation and to enrich our country we should use the intellectual skills of our people.
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He will bring to that task his considerable political and intellectual skills.
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