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intuition

/ˌɪntuːˈɪʃən/in-too-IH-shuhn
/ˌɪntuˈɪʃən/in-too-IH-shuhn

Meaninga watching over; an inward look

Common meaning: knowing without reasoning

‘in, into’ + ‘to watch over’ → intuition

Journey through time

  1. Latintueor, tuitus‘to watch over’
  2. Englishintuition‘knowing without reasoning’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

tu also in: tutortuition

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin tueor ‘to watch over’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tueor, p. 1907 · dictionary scan

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