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  2. 1. : the power or act of seeing into a situation : penetration. 2. : the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively. Synonyms. discernment. perception. perceptiveness. perceptivity. sagaciousness. sagacity. sageness. sapience. wisdom. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.

  3. (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation: insight into It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insights into human relationships. Synonym. understanding (KNOWLEDGE) Compare. sixth sense. Fewer examples.

  4. (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation: insight into It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insights into human relationships. Synonym. understanding (KNOWLEDGE) Compare. sixth sense. Fewer examples.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 2 days ago · noun. 1. the ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition. 2. a clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing. 3. a. Psychology. awareness of one's own mental attitudes and behavior.

  8. [uncountable] (approving) the ability to see and understand the truth about people or situations. He has insight, vision and a deep humanity. She was a writer of great insight. With a flash of insight I realized what the dream meant. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.

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