INTUITION


Meaning of INTUITION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-tü-ˈi-shən, -tyü- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English intuycyon, from Late Latin intuition-, intuitio act of contemplating, from Latin intuēri to look at, contemplate, from in- + tuēri to look at

Date: 15th century

1. : quick and ready insight

2.

a. : immediate apprehension or cognition

b. : knowledge or conviction gained by intuition

c. : the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference

• in·tu·i·tion·al -ˈish-nəl, -ˈi-shə-n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.