intuit
verb
, -ˈtyü-\
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, -ˈtyü- \
adjective
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Synonyms
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
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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. Félix, 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. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intuit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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