intuit
gb/ɪntˈuət/ us/ɪntˈuət/
C1
English
Senses
0 senses
Verb
formal
C1
action
1
know or sense without reasoning
to understand something by feeling, not by logic
Usage pattern:
intuit [something] / intuit that [clause] / intuit what [someone] means
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse this with words like institute/intuition; intuit is a verb meaning “understand by intuition.”
Synonyms
sense (More common and less formal.)
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perceive (More general; not always specifically intuitive.)
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feel (More informal and often emotional.)
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divine (More literary and suggests unusual insight.)
Antonyms
misread (Understand incorrectly rather than accurately sensing.)
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miss (Fail to notice or understand what is there.)
Collocations
intuit that
|intuit the answer
|intuit a solution
|intuit the truth
|intuit what someone means
|intuit the problem
|intuit a pattern
|intuit a connection
|intuit the mood
|intuit the outcome
Themes
thinking
|psychology
|communication
Examples
- Even without seeing the numbers, she could intuit that the project was over budget.
- With experience, you start to intuit what a client will worry about before they say it.
- I couldn’t explain it logically, but I intuited the right choice.
Learner examples
- I intuited that he was unhappy.
- She can intuit the answer quickly.
Grammar
Dictionary form
intuit
IPA
GB/ɪntˈuət/
US/ɪntˈuət/
Syllables & stress
in - tu - it (3 syllables)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tu)
Word forms
Verb
- Base: intuit
- 3rd Person Singular: intuits
- Present Participle: intuiting
- Past: intuited
Word family
Forms
intuits
verb
intuiting
verb
intuited
verb
Core family
Negative and opposite forms
unintuitive
adjective
counterintuitive
adjective
counterintuitively
adverb
Expressions
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