vaistota — meaning in English

English meaning

• hunch noun A feeling or guess based on instinct rather than solid evidence.
• sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.

Senses

vaistota is used for these senses in English:

• hunch (intransitive, colloquial) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.
• intuit (ambitransitive) To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
• sense To instinctively be aware.

hunch — full definition

1. noun A feeling or guess based on instinct rather than solid evidence.
2. verb To bend forward, rounding your back and shoulders.

sense — full definition

1. noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
2. noun Practical, sound judgment.
3. noun The meaning of a word or statement.
4. verb To become aware of something, whether through the senses or intuitively.

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