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[syn: intuition, hunch, suspicion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intuition \In`tu*i"tion\, n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to
look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See
Tuition.]
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1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.]
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What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an
intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not
the cause, of his pains. --Fuller.
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2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as
in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from
"mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows
by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not
a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or
ready insight or apprehension.
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Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us
call it intuition. --Hawthorne.
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3. Any object or truth discerned by intuition.
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4. Any quick insight, recognized immediately without a
reasoning process; a belief arrived at unconsciously; --
often it is based on extensive experience of a subject.
[PJC]
5. The ability to have insight into a matter without
conscious thought; as, his chemical intuition allowed him
to predict compound conformations without any conscious
calculation; a mother's intuition often tells her what is
best for her child.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intuition
n 1: instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
2: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition,
hunch, suspicion]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Intuition
The Amiga windowing system (a
shared-code library).
(1997-08-01)