intuit

verb

in·​tu·​it in-ˈtü-ət How to pronounce intuit (audio)
-ˈtyü-
intuited; intuiting; intuits

transitive verb

: to know, sense, or understand by intuition
intuitable 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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In the years that followed, Buckley would intuit that the political battles of the 1950s and 1960s, not least those over civil rights, might be profitably framed as constitutional. Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 That’s the domain of humans: the executive who senses when to pivot, the founder who intuits product-market fit before the metrics appear, the storyteller who moves a room, the leader who earns trust in a single conversation. Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025 Children have an uncanny ability to intuit what goes unsaid. Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 June 2025 Armstrong seems to intuit the inherent strengths (speed, focus) and weaknesses (emotion, depth) of his current medium. Alison Herman, Variety, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for intuit

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of intuit was in 1855

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“Intuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intuit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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