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Intuition - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Intuition : (noun)
1: instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
2: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: hunch, suspicion]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Intuition : \In`tu*i"tion\, n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to
look on; in- in, on _ tueri: cf. F. intuition. See
Tuition.]
1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.]
What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an
intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not
the cause, of his pains. --Fuller.
2. 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.
Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us
call it intuition. --Hawthorne.
3. Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition;
especially, a first or primary truth.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Intuition :
The Amiga windowing system (a
shared-code library).
(1997-08-01)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Intuition |
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ModelSupplies: RT @michaelbathurst: Listen 2 your Intuition more often. It can help you make the right decision. Also listen more closely 2 your inner ... |
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djlegacy: So now i get a text like... my Intuition is drivin me crazy somethin isnt right, im not gettin enough attention... MF CAUSE IM SICK! |
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elleelleven: RT @ArielBravy: It's kinda fun trying something new and following my Intuition moment-to-moment |
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