"intuit" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtjuːɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˈtʃuː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈtuɪt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-intuit.ogg Forms: intuits [present, singular, third-person], intuiting [participle, present], intuited [participle, past], intuited [past]
Etymology: A back-formation from intuition and intuitive; compare Latin intuitus (“observed; considered”), perfect participle of intueor (“to look at, upon or towards; to observe, regard; to consider, contemplate”), from in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + tueor (“to look or gaze at”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to observe; to look favourably upon”)). See tuition, tutor. Etymology templates: {{backform|en|intuition|nocap=1}} back-formation from intuition, {{der|en|la|intuitus||observed; considered}} Latin intuitus (“observed; considered”), {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁én||in}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*tewH-||to observe; to look favourably upon}} Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to observe; to look favourably upon”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} intuit (third-person singular simple present intuits, present participle intuiting, simple past and past participle intuited)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To know intuitively or by immediate perception. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: intuitable, intuition, intuitive, intuitively, intuitiveness Translations (to know intuitively): intuir (Catalan), 由直覺知道 (Chinese Mandarin), 由直觉知道 (yóu zhíjué zhīdào) (Chinese Mandarin), vaistota (Finnish), intuiter (French), intuír (Galician), διαισθάνομαι (diaisthánomai) (Greek), intuire (Italian), intuir (Portuguese), intui (Romanian), intuir (Spanish)

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