intuit

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪnˈtuɪt/ UK /ɪnˈtjuːɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #95267

Meanings

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verb
To understand or sense something immediately, without conscious reasoning.

She quickly intuited that something was wrong from his tone of voice.

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Forms intuitedintuitingintuits

Etymology

A back-formation from intuition and intuitive; compare Latin intuitus (“observed; considered”), perfect participle of intueor (“to look at, upon or towards; to observe, regard; to consider, contemplate”), from in- (“in, inside”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + tueor (“to look or gaze at”). Related to tuition, tutor.

intuitus Latin *h₁én Proto-Indo-European

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# intuit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtuɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtjuːɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 95267

## Meanings
1. To understand or sense something immediately, without conscious reasoning.

## Examples
- She quickly intuited that something was wrong from his tone of voice.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: intuitus
- Root: *h₁én

## Etymology
A back-formation from intuition and intuitive; compare Latin intuitus (“observed; considered”), perfect participle of intueor (“to look at, upon or towards; to observe, regard; to consider, contemplate”), from in- (“in, inside”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + tueor (“to look or gaze at”). Related to tuition, tutor.

## AI Etymology
Intuit is traced through a back-formation from intuition and intuitive; compare Latin intuitus (“observed; considered”), perfect participle of intueor (“to look at, upon or towards; to observe, regard; to consider, contemplate”), from in- (“in, inside”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + tueor (“to look or gaze at”). Related to tuition, tutor. In present-day use, it means to understand or sense something immediately, without conscious reasoning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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