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intuit

verb
in·​tu·​it | \ in-ˈtĂŒ-ət How to pronounce intuit (audio) , -ˈtyĂŒ-\
intuited; intuiting; intuits

Definition of intuit

transitive verb

: to know, sense, or understand by intuition

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Other Words from intuit

intuitable \ in-​ˈtĂŒ-​ə-​tə-​bəl How to pronounce intuitable (audio) , -​ˈtyĂŒ-​ \ adjective

Examples of intuit in a Sentence

He was able to intuit the answer immediately. She intuited a connection between the two crimes.

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Meanwhile, a two-year-old child tested alongside Kanzi quickly intuits that two nouns can make up a noun phrase, tucked as a direct object into a verb phrase, which in turn is part of a sentence. The Economist, "A new book spells out the magic of language," 22 Aug. 2019 Baptiste loves spending time in the homes of other people, intuiting their personalities not only from the objects accrued but from their juxtaposition. Doreen St. FĂ©lix, The New Yorker, "A Young Artist Charts the Journey from “Haiti to Hood”," 8 Aug. 2019 Acquiring gesture experience over the course of a lifetime may also help us intuit meaning from others’ motions. Raleigh Mcelvery, WIRED, "How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception, and Meaning," 31 Mar. 2019 Rory and Eustace, intuiting the man’s capability, got onto their feet and stepped clear of the young man. Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "The Alps," 22 July 2019 Another correctly intuits that a bunch of de-magnetized magnets are a critical mystery that needs solving. Daniel Payne, National Review, "In Its Third Season, Stranger Things Strays from What Made It Great," 20 July 2019 Subtext is everything in drama: What a character says is subordinate to what an audience intuits. Peter Marks, Washington Post, "An aura of authority," 24 June 2019 Acquiring gesture experience over the course of a lifetime may also help us intuit meaning from others’ motions. Quanta Magazine, "How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception and Meaning," 25 Mar. 2019 With admirable confidence, Ms. Lowry trusts readers to intuit what Carver may fail to see for himself. Emily Bobrow, WSJ, "‘Dark Water’ Review: Unfathomable Depths," 28 Dec. 2018

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First Known Use of intuit

1855, in the meaning defined above

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intuit

verb

English Language Learners Definition of intuit

formal : to know or understand (something) because of what you feel or sense rather than because of evidence : to know or understand (something) through intuition

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