intuiting

verb

present participle of intuit
as in knowing
to have a clear idea of an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters

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Recent Examples of intuiting Correctly intuiting that the bickering bromance between Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is somewhat played out now after 30 years, Stanton puts Jessie (Joan Cusack) center stage this time. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026 And so the podcast’s producers, perhaps intuiting that the dialogue experiment with conservatives is failing, occasionally slot in friendlier agents of power, Hollywood types, with whom Newsom can discuss the finer points of things like tax incentives to film in the state of California. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026 Like intuiting the next stage of the story, which takes time and is inefficient. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Lecter’s main power was his penetrating thinking and sustained intuiting. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025 Instead, first Anna and Tess and then Harper and Lily land at the table of bargain-basement psychic Madame Jen (Vanessa Bayer, working hard for little dividend), who surprises even herself by intuiting that the older Colemans’ lifelines have intersected before. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuiting
  1. knowing
  2. understanding
  3. deciphering
  4. recognizing
  5. comprehending
  6. seeing
  7. grasping
  8. appreciating
Verb
  • Locating those places and knowing how to hunt them can tremendously improve your hourly flush rate.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • After all, an agent could accept a URL and download a malicious package without its human user even knowing.
    — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of knowing
Verb
  • Congressman Jeff Hurd, who represents Colorado’s Third District, said the project could put quantum technology to work in understanding domestic resources.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • For fellow author Marissa Stapley, Telfer’s book is key to understanding why con artists are seen as intriguing — an idea Stapley explored in her 2021 novel, Lucky.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of understanding
Verb
  • Western San Gabriel Mountains/Highway 14 Corridor When an air quality alert pops up on the radar, deciphering its implications is crucial.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 30 July 2026
  • Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
Definition of deciphering
Verb
  • The NewBridge School Main Stage will feature author conversations alongside live music, poetry and programming recognizing America’s 250th anniversary.
    — Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Conversely, SkyMind offers a broader perspective, assessing situations and recognizing fear as mere information, not absolute truth.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of recognizing
Verb
  • By utilizing three classes of agents, Microsoft is effectively comprehending the entire threat lifecycle.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Without comprehending what was happening, Kikuko looked up at the sagging skin of her father’s throat.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of comprehending
Verb
  • Toyota, Honda and Nissan benefited in their most recent quarterly reports from a historically weak currency, with the first two upgrading their full-year forecasts and the latter seeing its first profit in about two years.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Regardless, seeing it in practice helped show what the Bills may do at the macro and micro levels once the regular season begins.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
Verb
  • Many Marylanders would rather be enjoying the autumn season and adapting to new routines instead of grasping the full implications of an overtly partisan law.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That there was grasping profit-seeking by private-sector grocery stores.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of grasping
Verb
  • The sandy shores of Pawleys Island and Litchfield Beach are about 20 minutes away, but afternoons on the porch, appreciating the breezes that come in off the Winyah Bay and the connecting rivers, are just as peaceful.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Faster productivity growth, stablecoin demand for Treasuries, fraud reduction, and appreciating government assets could keep debt manageable for much longer than conventional forecasts assume.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of appreciating

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