intuition

C1 Topic:Philosophy & Reasoning

US /ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/ UK /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ See IPA manual

Freq #9679

Meanings

1

noun
The ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning.

Good doctors often rely on intuition as well as test results.
2

noun
A feeling that something is true, even without proof.

They had an intuition that something had gone wrong.

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Synonyms

2 noun · a feeling that something is... hunch

Word family

Forms intuitions

Derived forms counterintuitionintuitintuitionalintuitionismintuitionistintuitionisticintuitionlessintuitivetwintuition

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feminine intuition
an instinctive understanding traditionally attributed to women rather than to conscious reasoning

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.

intuition Middle French intuitiō la-med intueor Latin

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# intuition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/
**Frequency rank:** 9679

## Meanings
1. The ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning.
2. A feeling that something is true, even without proof.

## Examples
- Good doctors often rely on intuition as well as test results.
- They had an intuition that something had gone wrong.

## Derived Forms
- counterintuition
- intuit
- intuitional
- intuitionism
- intuitionist
- intuitionistic
- intuitionless
- intuitive
- twintuition

## Related Forms
- tutor
- tutorial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: intuition
- Root: intuitiō
- Root: intueor

## Etymology
From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Intuition is from Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion. In present-day use, it can mean the ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning, or a feeling that something is true, even without proof. Derived formations include counterintuition, intuit, intuitional, intuitionism, and intuitionist.

## Topics
- Philosophy & Reasoning
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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