# intuit

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈtjuːɪt/ · frequency rank #53,622

## Definitions
1. To know intuitively or by immediate perception.

## Etymology
A back-formation from intuition and intuitive; compare Latin intuitus (“observed; considered”), perfect participle of intueor (“to look at, upon or towards; to observe, regard; to consider, contemplate”), from in- (“in, inside”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + tueor (“to look or gaze at”). Related to tuition, tutor.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/intuit