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Meaning of 'intuition' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intuition [ n.]
- A looking after; a regard to.
- 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.
- Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.

Meaning of 'intuition' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intuition [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an impression that something might be the case
Example in sentence:
  • he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

Nearby Words:

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