intuit
verb
, -ˈtyü-\
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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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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 It’s hard to intuit exactly how the character of Burns is intended to come across. — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, "Bumblebee proves Transformers movies can actually be resonant and emotional," 20 Dec. 2018 And, even if that research is relatively new, TIME’s archives show that women in the workplace have intuited the danger for decades. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, "5 of Modern History's Most Persistent Myths About the Gender Wage Gap," 10 Apr. 2018 The first is perhaps easier to intuit: The dense and heavy metal, glass and ceramic items absorb and hold more heat during the washing process, and retain it for a longer time. — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, "Why That Sippy Cup Won’t Dry in the Dishwasher," 2 Mar. 2018 Neither, new research finds, does the human capacity to intuit the caloric content of such gustatory delights. — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, "Foods that are both fatty and sweet can hijack the part of the brain that regulates food consumption," 18 June 2018 My spirit is more female, this even my therapist could intuit. — Tommy Dorfman, Teen Vogue, "Tommy Dorfman Shares What It's Like to Wear Gendered Clothes as a Non-Binary Person," 26 June 2018 Archimedes intuited this more than 2,000 years ago, and Paisley was proving it. — Sarah Scoles, Washington Post, "These ‘mermaids’ dance underwater for half an hour at a time," 17 June 2018 And the face is our primary window to intuit the mind of another. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "What the “face of God” looks like, according to 500 Christians in a psych study," 15 June 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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