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noun
- 1. the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something: "his mind soared to previously unattainable heights of insight" Similar
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a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation, or the ability to have such an understanding: [ C ] Hurston’s writings were recognized for their insights. [ U ] His work shows originality and insight. insightful. adjective us / ɪnˈsɑɪt·fəl, ˈɪnˌsɑɪt- / an insightful observation.
The meaning of INSIGHT is the power or act of seeing into a situation : penetration. How to use insight in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Insight.
a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation, or the ability to have such an understanding: [ C ] Hurston’s writings were recognized for their insights. [ U ] His work shows originality and insight. insightful. adjective us / ɪnˈsɑɪt·fəl, ˈɪnˌsɑɪt- / an insightful observation.
an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life. penetrating mental vision or discernment; faculty of seeing into inner character or underlying truth. Synonyms: grasp, understanding, intuition, apprehension, perception. Psychology.
When you have an insight, you have a feeling or emotion or thought that helps you to know something essential about a person or thing. Insight isn't based on hard facts or evidence. And it doesn't have anything to do with using your senses such as sight or smell.
If you gain insight or an insight into a complex situation or problem, you gain an accurate and deep understanding of it. The project would give scientists new insights into what is happening to the Earth's atmosphere.
n. 1. the ability to perceive clearly or deeply; penetration. 2. a penetrating and often sudden understanding, as of a complex situation or problem. 3. (Psychology) psychol. a. the capacity for understanding one's own or another's mental processes. b. the immediate understanding of the significance of an event or action. 4.
Definition of insight noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the ability to understand what something is really like, or an example of this: The book provides a fascinating insight into the world of art. (Definition of insight from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of insight. in Chinese (Traditional) 洞察力, 深刻見解… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 洞察力, 深刻见解… See more
Noun. Filter. noun. insights. The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A perception produced by this ability. American Heritage. A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
