# Intuition: noun

### Cambridge Dictionary

> *"(*[*knowledge*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/knowledge) *from) an* [*ability*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ability) *to* [*understand*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/understand) *or* [*know*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/know) *something* [*immediately*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/immediately) [*based*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/based) *on* [*your*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/your) [*feelings*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/feeling) [*rather*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rather) *than* [*facts*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fact)*"*

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### Merriam-Webster

> *"* *something that is known or understood without proof or evidence"*
>
> *"a natural ability or power that makes it possible to know something without any proof or evidence"*
>
> *"a feeling that guides a person to act a certain way without fully understanding why"*&#x20;

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