intuition
Syllables: in·tu·itionUK/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən//ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/
intuition noun: immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
Noun
intuition (countable and uncountable, plural intuitions)
- Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- The native speaker's grammatical competence is reflected in two types of intuition which speakers have about their native language(s) — (i) intuitions about sentence well-formedness, and (ii) intuitions about sentence structure. The word intuition is used here in a technical sense which has become...1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics), volume 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 4
- A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
intuition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intuition in Hindi
- immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- सहजबोध sahajbodh
- perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
- सहजबोध sahajbodh
intuition in Tamil
- உள்ளுணர்வு, இயலுணர்வு, இயல்புணர்வு, பிறப்பறிவு
intuition in Marathi
- अंतर्ज्ञान, अंतःप्रेरणा
intuition in Urdu
- intuition; or occurrence
- الہام ilhām
- intuition
- سروش saroś
More languagesFewer languages
- intuition in Bengali
- অনুভূতি onubhuti
- intuition in Telugu
- సహజాతం sahajātaṁ
- intuition in Malayalam
- അന്തർജ്ഞാനം, സ്വയമറിവ്, ഉള്ളുണർവ്വ്, ഭൂതോദയം
- intuition in Kannada
- ಹುಟ್ಟರಿವು, ಒಡರಿವು, ಒಳಗಣ್ಣು, ಒಳ ಅರಿವು
- intuition in Gujarati
- અંતઃપ્રેરણા, અંતર્જ્ઞાન
- intuition in Sanskrit
- दृशि dṛśi
- intuition in Nepali
- अंतर्ज्ञान, अन्तर्ज्ञान, अंतःप्रेरणा
- intuition in Arabic
- حَدْس ḥads
- intuition in Malay
- gerak hati, intuisi
- intuition in Indonesian
- gerak hati, intuisi
- intuition in Persian
- شهود šohud
- intuition in Thai
- อัชฌัตติกญาณ
- intuition in Vietnamese
- trực giác
Examples of intuition in a sentence
- As twin studies proliferated throughout the nineteen-eighties, their results contributed to substantial changes in our moral intuitions.
- This voice, my intuition, has become my North Star in life.
- The intuition is that in lambda-value the different sequentialisations of a computation can be distinguished operationally.
Forms of intuition
| plural | intuitions |
|---|---|
| alternative form | intuïtion |
Origin of intuition
From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.
Words formed from intuition
- counterintuition
- Gettier intuition
- intuit
- intuitional
- intuitionism
- intuitionist
- intuitionistic
- intuitionless
- intuition line
- intuition pump
- intuitive
- line of intuition
- twintuition
Phrases with intuition
Questions about intuition
- What does intuition mean?
- Intuition means immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- What is intuition in Hindi?
- Intuition in Hindi is सहजबोध (sahajbodh). See Intuition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intuition?
- Intuition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intuition?
- Intuition is pronounced /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of intuition?
- The plural of intuition is intuitions.
Words near intuition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intuition (page history and authors); intuition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intuition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); الہام (Urdu) (page history and authors); অনুভূতি (Bengali) (page history and authors); సహజాతం (Telugu) (page history and authors); intuition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intuition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intuition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दृशि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); intuition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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