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intuitive

Definition

  • adjective: having the ability to know or understand things without any proof or evidence
  • adjective: known or perceived by 'intuition'

Examples

  • She has an 'intuitive' [='instinctive'] understanding of the business.

  • a doctor with an 'intuitive' awareness of his patients' concerns

  • a chef who works 'intuitively', rather than from a recipe

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yeah. JORDAN: Are you alone? Yeah. JORDAN: Pretty intuitive call on the baby. MAGGIE: Think so? I couldn't have done it better. Well, that's a compliment. What are you doing? (..)
    1998 City of Angels