intuit
verb (used with or without object)
to know or receive by intuition.
intuiting
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present participleof intuit.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“Part of being an editor is intuiting what it is that a writer wants or needs from you, and it’s different with every writer,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Saito works alone and with obvious joy here, engaging with a ready laugh, intuiting when to let you savor, entertaining any and all questions, slipping into the back sometimes for preparation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
For their part, Banville’s characters seem highly self-aware, intuiting the existence of a higher power that is toying with them and wondering what he is up to.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
“To me it’s about intuiting the effects of it, being aware of its presence and how it molds us as much as the other way round. We are interconnected.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Reading the way they interact, intuiting the emotions hidden beneath the laughter and conversation, catching the places that gazes linger.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
