Definition of intuition

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in·tu·i·tion    (nt-shn, -ty-) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. See Synonyms at reason.
   2. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight.
2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuiti, intuitin-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intur, to look at, contemplate : in-, on ; see in-² + tur, to look at

OTHER FORMS:
intu·ition·al(Adjective), intu·ition·al·ly(Adverb)