intuited

verb

past tense of intuit
as in understood
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 intuited There was little understanding of how contagion might spread, but the civic leaders intuited that physical distancing measures could lessen its effect. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Is there a chance the markets collectively intuited that this could prove to be the last-ever oil shock? — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 June 2026 The Knicks understood when to hold back and intuited when to become aggressive. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 May 2026 British psychiatrist Humphry Osmond, who took part in a peyote ceremony with a First Nations group the Red Pheasant Band in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1956, intuited the necessity of community, empathy, and ego renunciation during the psychedelic process. — Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 Advertisement The leaders of the communist and Nazi parties—both hostile to Germany’s democratic institutions, albeit for different reasons—understood, or intuited, that political violence could erode democracy itself. — Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Irving may have intuited, at the dawn of American history, that the nation would need a foil for flintier heroes like Cooper’s Natty Bumppo, self-improvers like the Benjamin Franklin of the Autobiography, and secular saints such as Parson Weems’s George Washington. — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 There’s deeper meaning to some of the other imagery in the music video than might first be intuited by viewers. — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025 Or the way his hips flip to the exact angle his brain intuited. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuited
  1. understood
  2. knew
  3. deciphered
  4. recognized
  5. comprehended
  6. grasped
  7. saw
  8. appreciated
Verb
  • Its scientists understood the future of digital photography, but the company could not bring the right product to market.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • My abuser understood the power of words, and used them to dictate the terms of my obedience.
    — Debbie Millman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of understood
Verb
  • The state’s rebuttal witness testified that Hinton was grieving and angry but knew his actions were wrong.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After all, very few people outside of the inner A24-Fielder-Oppenheim circle knew anything about it before its shock Telluride screening.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of knew
Verb
  • But a more apt comparison might be the Mirabilia Urbis Romae, in which Medieval scholars deciphered the staggering ruins of Classical Rome.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Re-creating the Herculaneum scrolls To date, one entire scroll and passages from others have been deciphered, largely thanks to the Vesuvius Challenge, a project launched in 2023 that encourages researchers to decode scrolls for cash prizes.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of deciphered
Verb
  • Electricity has been Fazio’s signature issue in the campaign, and he is recognized as one of the legislature’s leading authorities on the issue as the ranking senator on the energy and technology committee.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Since 2021, the Gotham Awards has recognized performers in gender-neutral categories.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of recognized
Verb
  • The polling points to the enduring legacy of 9/11, even as many Americans today are too young to have experienced or comprehended the event a quarter-century ago.
    — Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The frames keep changing regardless of how much the viewer has noticed or comprehended.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of comprehended
Verb
  • But both emanate from something his opponents have never quite grasped.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
  • So all three of your adaptations have grasped quite the attention before even coming out.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of grasped
Verb
  • In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of saw
Verb
  • Similar to affiliate marketing, Glance gets a piece of the sale price and, for a fee, will do deeper training on brands to ensure they are fully understood and appreciated by the agent.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Skillz, a mobile gaming company the fund bought into in 2019, went public via SPAC deal in 2020—but for the most part the investments have appreciated in value that has yet to be fully realized by owners.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of appreciated

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