C1verb · intransitive · rare

intuit

in·tu·it

intuit · intuits · intuited · intuiting

To know intuitively or by immediate perceptionTo know intuitively or by immediate perception.

UK/ɪnˈtjuːɪt/US/ɪnˈtuɪt/

Meaning

1 senses

To know intuitively or by immediate perception.

More definitions

know or grasp by intuition or feeling

Origin

A back-formation from intuition and intuitive; compare Latin intuitus (“observed; consider

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- (“in, inside”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + tueor (“to look or gaze at”). Related to tuition, tutor.

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Forms

intuits, intuiting, intuited, intuited

Base form	intuit · to intuit
3rd person singular	intuits
Present participle	intuiting
Past simple	intuited
Past participle	intuited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	intuit
he, she, it	intuits

Past simpleLesson

all persons

intuited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have intuited
he, she, it	has intuited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will intuit

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle