intuit

intuit
UK [ɪnˈtjuːɪt] / US [ɪnˈtuɪt] verb [transitive]
Word forms "intuit":
present tense I/you/we/they intuit he/she/it intuits present participle intuiting past tense intuited past participle intuited formal
to know or understand something by feeling it, rather than by considering facts or evidence

He seems to intuit her dislike.


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  • Intuit — Inc. Rechtsform Incorporated ISIN US4612021034 Gründung 1983 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • intuit — (v.) 1776, “to tutor,” from L. intuit , pp. stem of intueri (see INTUITION (Cf. intuition)). Meaning “to perceive directly without reasoning” is from 1840, in this sense perhaps a back formation from intuition. Related: Intuited;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • intuit — an 18c back formation from intuition, means ‘to know or deduce intuitively’, and is a mainly literary or technical word: • Maud decided she intuited something terrible about Cropper s imagination from all this A. S. Byatt, 1990 • It is never easy …   Modern English usage

  • intuit — index anticipate (expect), preconceive, presuppose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Intuit — Intuit,   Quicken …   Universal-Lexikon

  • intuit — ► VERB ▪ understand or work out by intuition. ORIGIN Latin intueri contemplate …   English terms dictionary

  • intuit — [in to͞o′it, intyo͞o′it; in′too wit] vt., vi. [< L intuitus] to know or learn by intuition intuitable adj …   English World dictionary

  • Intuit — Infobox Company company name = Intuit Inc. company company type = Public (NASDAQ: [http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=INTU selected=INTU INTU] ) foundation = Palo Alto, California (1983) location = flagicon|USA Mountain View,… …   Wikipedia

  • Intuit — 37°25′38″N 122°5′47″O / 37.42722, 122.09639 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • intuit — [[t]ɪntju͟ːɪt, AM tu͟ː [/t]] intuits, intuiting, intuited VERB If you intuit something, you guess what it is on the basis of your intuition or feelings, rather than on the basis of knowledge. [FORMAL] [V n] They would confidently intuit your very …   English dictionary

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