intuition
noun/ˌɪntjuˈɪʃn/
/ˌɪntuˈɪʃn/
- [uncountable] the ability to know something by using your feelings rather than considering the facts
- Intuition told her that he had spoken the truth.
- He was guided by intuition and personal judgement.
- The answer came to me in a flash of intuition.
Extra Examples- Her intuition told her that he was unhappy.
- Intuition told me we were going in the wrong direction.
- Most business decisions are guided by pure intuition.
- Call it intuition if you like, but I knew he was up to something.
- I seem to get to the answers as much by intuition as by any special knowledge.
- The contestants will be given no instructions but will have to rely on their own intuition.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- female
- feminine
- woman’s
- …
- flash
- have
- rely on
- trust
- …
- suggest something
- tell somebody something
- by intuition
- intuition about
- intuition behind
- …
- [countable] intuition (that…) an idea or a strong feeling that something is true although you cannot explain why
- I had an intuition that something awful was about to happen.
Extra Examples- He had an intuition that his mother wasn't very well.
- She learned to trust her intuitions about other people's motives.
- His presence there confirmed my original intuition.
- Jack's intuition to call her that day had been right.
- We weren't sure whether our intuitions were correct.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- female
- feminine
- woman’s
- …
- flash
- have
- rely on
- trust
- …
- suggest something
- tell somebody something
- by intuition
- intuition about
- intuition behind
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting spiritual insight or immediate spiritual communication): from late Latin intuitio(n-), from Latin intueri ‘consider’, from in- ‘upon’ + tueri ‘to look’.
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