intuition

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(knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts:

Often there's no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on intuition.

[ + (that) ] I can't explain how I knew - I just had an intuition that you'd been involved in an accident.

an ability to understand or know something without needing to think about it or use reason to discover it, or a feeling that shows this ability:

[ U ] You should trust your intuition in making your decision.

[ C ] Hank’s intuitions were right.