intuition

/ˌɪntuˈɪʃən/
noun
  1. The ability to understand or know something immediately without conscious reasoning.
    • She had a strong intuition that something was wrong, even though everything seemed fine.
    • Trust your intuition when making a difficult decision.
    • His intuition told him to take a different route home.
  2. A piece of knowledge or insight gained by intuition.
    • Her intuition about the stock market turned out to be correct.
    • The scientist's intuition led to a major breakthrough.
    • He acted on a sudden intuition and called his old friend.
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