insight (noun)

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

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

• insight learning — noun Direct learning without the process of trial and error • • • Main Entry: ↑insight * * * insight learning, Psychology. behavioral change involving the apparent sudden awareness of the solution to a problem, as distinguished from arrival at… …   Useful english dictionary

• insight — noun 1 (U) the ability to understand and realize what people or situations are really like: a woman of great insight 2 (C) a sudden clear understanding of something, especially something complicated (+ into): The article gives us a real insight… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• insight — noun 1) your insight has been invaluable Syn: intuition, discernment, perception, awareness, understanding, comprehension, apprehension, appreciation, penetration, acumen, perspicacity, judgment, acuity; vision, wisdom, prescience; informal sa …   Thesaurus of popular words

• insight — noun 1) your insight has been invaluable Syn: intuition, perception, understanding, comprehension, appreciation, judgement, vision, imagination; informal nous, savvy 2) an insight into the government Syn: understandi …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• insight — I noun ability to understand, acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, astuteness, awareness, cleverness, cognitio, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, intellegentia, intuition,… …   Law dictionary

• insight — noun Date: 13th century 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: see discernment …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• insight — noun /ˈɪnsaɪt/ a) A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into. The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong …   Wiktionary

• insight — noun 1》 the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of something.     ↘an understanding of this kind. 2》 Psychiatry awareness by a mentally ill person that their mental experiences are not based in external reality. Derivatives… …   English new terms dictionary

• insight */*/ — 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… …   English dictionary