intuit

[ in-too-it, -tyoo-; in-too-it, -tyoo- ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to know or receive by intuition.

intuit

/ ɪnˈtjuːɪt /

verb

1. to know or discover by intuition

Derived Forms

• inˈtuitable, adjective

Other Words From

• in·tuit·a·ble adjective
• unin·tuit·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intuit¹

First recorded in 1770–80; back formation from intuition

Example Sentences

As a boy, I must have intuited that what was foppish about Lynde, Reilly and Taylor coursed through me, too, even without the words to explain why.

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It doesn’t set a precise path in advance, leaving followers to intuit which turns in the roads the Mazu statue will take and where she may stop.

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They seem to intuit that camaraderie goes hand in hand with political ambition, and that they shouldn’t take the curriculum, or themselves, too seriously.

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As you may intuit, this movie belongs to a very particular subgenre summed up in one declaration: boy, small English towns are full of weirdos.

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As Diamond intuited, geographic mechanisms were significant in some areas, but the continent's dominant axis did not uniformly dictate the potential for cultural spread.

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