genius
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
geniuses
plural
geniuses
Britannica Dictionary definition of GENIUS
1
[count]
a
:
a very smart or talented person
:
a person who has a level of talent or intelligence that is very rare or remarkable
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Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were great scientific geniuses.
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a musical/artistic/creative genius
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You don't have to be a genius to see that this plan will never work.
b
:
a person who is very good at doing something
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He was a genius at handling the press.
2
a
[noncount]
:
great natural ability
:
remarkable talent or intelligence
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She's now widely recognized as an artist of genius.
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He's admired for his comic/artistic/scientific genius.
b
[singular]
:
a great or unusual talent or ability
— usually + for
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She has a genius for knowing what will sell.
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He had a genius for getting into trouble. [=he often got into trouble]
3
[singular]
a
:
a very clever or smart quality
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The (sheer) genius of his theory was not immediately recognized.
b
:
a part of something that makes it unusually good or valuable
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My plan is simple—that's the genius of it.
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The genius of these new computers is their portability.
a stroke of genius
:
a brilliant and successful idea or decision
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Deciding to relocate the company was a stroke of genius.
