Definition of intuit
: to know, sense, or understand by intuition
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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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At a relentless clip, the narrator introduces ideas and questions about memory, regret, time as a magic trick and as a necessity, time as something intuited but also externally imposed.
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The first four hours are largely spent freewheeling, setting up character archetypes and interpersonal relationships that could be intuited without so much emphasis.
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The show doesn’t need to strain to make points about the sort of person who refuses to intuit what’s on the horizon–not that that stops Schmidt from indulging in melodrama.
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Indeed, there are already signs that Republican officeholders are intuiting the same challenges that the forecasting model suggests.
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But only a rare 1.6 percent of the population has the MTS that can lead to intuiting others’ emotions and experiencing their physical sensations.
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King T’Chaka correctly intuits that his brother played a role in an arms dealer’s ability to steal a cache of Vibranium—the native metal that has enabled so much of Wakanda’s remarkable technological advancements—and executes him for the betrayal.
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Fewer than half of the killings have been solved, but Gary intuits that most of these young black male victims were killed by other young black men.
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Perhaps the military leaders have correctly intuited that Trump’s initial positions are simply an opening bid in negotiations.
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First Known Use of intuit
1855
intuit Synonyms
Synonyms
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand;
Antonyms
miss;
Near Antonyms
misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand;
Phrases
pick up on;
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INTUIT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of intuit for English Language Learners
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: 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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