insight

  • 11insight — penetration, acumen, *discernment, discrimination, perception Analogous words: intuition, understanding, *reason: comprehension, apprehension (see under APPREHEND): appreciation, understanding (see corresponding verbs at UNDERSTAND):… …

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  • 12insight — [n] intuitiveness, awareness acumen, click*, comprehension, discernment, divination, drift*, intuition, judgment, observation, penetration, perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, shrewdness,… …

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  • 13insight — ► NOUN 1) the capacity to gain an accurate and intuitive understanding of something. 2) understanding of this kind. DERIVATIVES insightful adjective …

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  • 14insight — [in′sīt΄] n. [ME insiht: see IN 1 & SIGHT] 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) Psychol. awareness of one s own men …

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  • 15Insight — Pour les articles homonymes, voir insight (homonymie). En psychologie, l’insight[1] est la découverte soudaine de la solution à un problème sans passer par une série d essais erreurs progressifs. Ce phénomène a été mis en évidence chez le… …

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  • 16Insight — (for other uses, see Insight (disambiguation) Insight can be used with several related meanings::*a piece of information:*the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively:*the power of acute observation and… …

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  • 17insight — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, real, significant ▪ deep, profound ▪ detailed ▪ brief …

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  • 18insight — 01. The book is full of profound [insights] on the reasons for the continued suffering of mankind. 02. During our book club meeting, Joan made a number of [insightful] comments that really helped me to understand the novel better. 03. The police… …

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  • 19insight — n. 1) to gain; have (an) insight into 2) to provide (an) insight 3) a deep insight 4) the insight to + inf. (she had the insight to predict what would happen) * * * [ ɪnsaɪt] have (an) insight into a deep insight to gain to provide (an) insight… …

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  • 20insight */*/ — UK [ˈɪnsaɪt] / US [ˈɪnˌsaɪt] noun Word forms insight : singular insight plural insights 1) [countable/uncountable] a chance to understand something or learn more about it insight into: a revealing insight into the mind of a violent murderer… …

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