Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To know or understand by intuition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
- To receive or assimilate knowledge by direct perception or comprehension.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To know
intuitively or by immediate perception.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb know or grasp by intuition or feeling
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Austen seems to intuit, that is, that national consciousness depends on the same powers of divinationof telepathy (feeling across a distance) that are at the root of Emma's blunders, the same that are in demand during the parlor games that so often engage her particular social set.
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I then called intuit only to find out that their system was updating and messed up my efile.
unknown title 2009
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I then called intuit only to find out that their system was updating and messed up my efile.
unknown title 2009
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Gathered data is oftentimes counter-intuitive and in so many instances, the janitor may actually be able to "intuit" more accurately how to successfully launch a product than a marketing department.
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You are saying that without making any scientific investigation, people may very well 'intuit' that "Bradford" is intelligent.
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He is muddying the waters here by the use of the word "intuit", as an axiom is just something that is self-evident.
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Third, too many times, characters would 'intuit' what has happening for no apparent reason or, If the story needed something big to happen to rescue the characters, it did.
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When we discriminate we often "intuit" these differences - the other half of "intuiting" the similarities between situations.
EconLog 2009
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As for all you people who just "intuit" or somehow "know" who's a better fighter, regardless of record, I can't do anything with you.
unknown title 2009
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Though it is beginning to look as if his way of doing things may be the only answer right now. "in truth, the reason he was here instead of at the ekele was that Firesong had not been able to" intuit "an answer either, and was rather short-tempered as a result.
Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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