intuitive
adjective/ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
/ɪnˈtuːɪtɪv/
- (of ideas) obtained by using your feelings rather than by considering the facts
- He had an intuitive sense of what the reader wanted.
Extra Examples- Her intuitive good taste was evident throughout her home.
- Our approach to the subject can be strictly rational or wholly intuitive.
- Some students have an intuitive grasp of mathematical concepts.
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- (of people) able to understand something by using feelings rather than by considering the facts
- She was an intuitive person, quickly understanding what people wanted and needed.
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- (of computer software, etc.) easy to understand and to useOxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (originally used of sight, in the sense ‘accurate, unerring’): from medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri ‘consider’, from in- ‘upon’ + tueri ‘to look’.
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