First Known Use: circa 1645
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intuitive
adjective in·tu·i·tive \in-ˈtü-ə-tiv, -ˈtyü-\
: having the ability to know or understand things without any proof or evidence : having or characterized by intuition
: based on or agreeing with what is known or understood without any proof or evidence : known or understood by intuition
: agreeing with what seems naturally right
Full Definition of INTUITIVE
1
a : known or perceived by intuition : directly apprehended <had an intuitive awareness of his sister's feelings> b : knowable by intuition <intuitive truths> c : based on or agreeing with intuition <intuitive responses> <makes intuitive sense> d : readily learned or understood <software with an intuitive interface>
2
: knowing or perceiving by intuition
3
: possessing or given to intuition or insight <an intuitive mind>
— in·tu·i·tive·ly adverb
— in·tu·i·tive·ness noun
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Examples of INTUITIVE
- The controls of an airplane are intuitive. Push to nose down, pull to nose up, turn left, turn right. —Stephan Wilkinson, Popular Science, December 2002
- Galileo had made an intuitive jump to what we now call Newton's first law of motion: a body in motion tends to remain in motion. —Leon Lederman et al., The God Particle, 1993
- … but most of the literature was political rather than scientific, more interested in … exalting the irrational and intuitive over the rational and quantifiable. —Paddy Chayefsky, Artificial Paradises, (1978) 1999
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Origin of INTUITIVE
(see intuition)
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