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Sapient

Noun CEFR B1
ˈseɪ.pi.ənt

Definitions

  1. A wise person; a sage.
  2. An intelligent, self-aware being.
  3. A human being of the species Homo sapiens.

Equivalents

Españolsapiente
Portuguêssapiente
Русскийразумный
10 more languages
العربيةعاقل
Българскимъдърразумен
Bosanskivisviš
Danskvis
Ελληνικάσοφός
فارسیفرزانه
Hrvatskivišvis
Српскиvišvis
Українськарозу́мний

Examples

“"She canna do that," said another sapient of the same profession— […]”
Every since Trausti had shown him the X-rays, Leif had a theory that Halla Dannto was of non-Earth origin. It seemed to him a possibility that the Cold War Corps of March might have contacted hitherto unknown sapients on some just discovered interstellar planet, and were using them in the cold war against the Jacks.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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