instinct

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: A natural feeling or behavior that you are born with rather than learn.

• Birds build nests by instinct.
• Her protective instinct made her reach for the child.
• The animal’s survival instinct kept it moving despite its injuries.

Eş anlamlılar: drive, impulse

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: survival instinct, maternal instinct, natural instinct

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Uzun uzun düşünmeden, ne yapman veya neye inanman gerektiğini hissetmen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A feeling that tells you what to do or believe without carefully thinking about it.

• My instinct told me to wait.
• He trusted his instinct and turned back.
• Do you have an instinct for choosing the right moment?

Nasıl kullanılır: instinct for something (She has an instinct for finding good stories.); instinct to do something (My first instinct was to call for help.)

Eş anlamlılar: intuition, gut feeling, hunch

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: trust your instinct, first instinct, instinct for something