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- DictionaryIn·sight/ˈinˌsīt/
noun
- 1. the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing: "this paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Shakespeare"
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.
Insight definition: The ability to discern inner qualities and relationships (this is how Meirum Webster defines wisdom as insight). Insight definition : The perception produced by the ability to discover the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition (The Free Dictionary by Farlex)
noun. 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. Psychology. an understanding of relationships that sheds light on or helps solve a problem.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧sight /ˈɪnsaɪt/ AWL noun 1 [ countable] a sudden clear understanding of something or part of something, especially a complicated situation or idea insight into The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis.
Or, go to the definition of insight. The teacher had unusual insight into children's emotions. Synonyms. perception. spontaneous understanding. apprehension. acumen. innate knowledge. penetration. discernment. intuition. penetrating judgment. immediate cognition. perspicacity. perspicaciousness. perceptiveness. perceptivity. instinctive knowledge.
Insight is understanding the inner nature of things. It is a type of comprehension or learning. It can be used in several ways: a piece of information: I have an insight into that problem.. the way you come to know something, a kind of learning. the answer to a question or problem. a sudden realization: the Eureka effect, named after Archimedes.
There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun insight, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. insight has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. literature (late 1500s) psychoanalysis (1900s)
