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intuitionin‧tu‧i‧tion /ˌɪntjuˈɪʃən $ -tu-, -tju-/ ●○○ noun   intuitionOrigin: 1400-1500 Late Latin intuitio, from Latin intueri ‘to look at, think about’ - If you think there's something wrong about the situation, you should trust your intuition.
- Much of what doctors do is based largely on intuition.
- People had an intuition that something was not right.
- She thought the baby would be a girl, and her intuition was correct.
- Sometimes doctors have to base a diagnosis on intuition as much as on scientific tests.
- women's intuition
a natural ability to know what to do► instinct a natural ability to know what you should do without having to learn it or be told it: · He has tremendous business instincts.first instinct (=the first thing you want to do, before you think carefully): · My first instinct was to lie about it.instinct for: · Even a very young animal has a strong instinct for self-preservation.on instinct: · I was terrified. I was just working on instinct and trying to survive.by instinct (=because of instinct): · Guys who have grown up on a ranch know almost by instinct what needs to be done to keep it running.natural instinct: · A cat's natural instinct is to chase birds.maternal instinct (=instincts about wanting a baby and knowing how to care for it): · I don't know if it was maternal instinct or what, but I just knew my baby would be okay. ► intuition the ability to understand or know things by using your feelings instead of considering the facts: · Sometimes doctors have to base a diagnosis on intuition as much as on scientific tests.· She thought the baby would be a girl, and her intuition was correct.trust your intuition (=do what your intuition makes you want to do): · If you think there's something wrong about the situation, you should trust your intuition. ► feel to feel that you know something, without understanding why you feel this: feel (that): · She felt that something else was going to happen and that it wouldn't be good.· I felt someone was following me, but when I turned around, there was nobody there.feel like: · I felt like if I didn't speak up then, I would never do it. ► feeling if you have a feeling that something is true or that something will happen, you feel sure about it, even though you do not know why: have a feeling (that): · I had a funny feeling that we would meet again· My fiancé's friends are planning a bachelor party for him, and I have a feeling something awful is going to happen.gut feeling informal (=a strong feeling that you are sure is right): · Her gut feeling was that he was lying. ► sixth sense a mysterious ability to know about something without seeing it, hearing about it, being told about it etc: have a sixth sense: · Parents have a sixth sense when it comes to their children. They know when something's wrong.sixth sense about: · He told me he had a sixth sense about how his mother was doing. VERB► use· Generative grammar rejects the empirical nature of structural linguistics and instead uses linguistic intuitions of native speakers. 1[uncountable] the ability to understand or know something because of a feeling rather than by considering the facts SYN instinct:  feminine intuition Intuition told her it was unwise to argue.2[countable] an idea about what is true in a particular situation based on a feeling rather than factsintuition (that) He had an intuition there was trouble brewing. We should trust our intuitions. |