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in·sight  (nst)
n.
1. The capacity to discern the true nature of a situation; penetration.
2. The act or outcome of grasping the inward or hidden nature of things or of perceiving in an intuitive manner.

insight
Noun
1. a penetrating understanding, as of a complex situation or problem
2. the ability to perceive clearly or deeply the inner nature of things
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.insight - clear or deep perception of a situation
perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
2.insight - a feeling of understanding
sensibility - refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility"
3.insightinsight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
discernment, savvy, understanding, apprehension - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
light - mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?"
revelation - an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
breakthrough, find, discovery - a productive insight
flash - a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
4.insightinsight - grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

insight
Translations
insight [ˈɪnsaɪt] nperspicacia, percepción f;
to gain or get an insight into sth → comprender algo mejor

insight [ˈɪnsaɪt] nperspicacité f (= glimpse, idea); aperçu m;
to gain (an) insight into → parvenir à comprendre

insight [ˈɪnsaɪt] nVerständnis nt;
to gain (an) insight into → einen Einblick gewinnen in +acc

insight [ˈɪnsaɪt] nacume m; perspicacia (= glimpse, idea); percezione f;
to gain or get an insight into sth → potersi render conto di qc

insight
n insight [ˈinsait]
(the quality of having) an understanding of something He shows remarkable insight (into children's problems). insig بَصيره، تَبَصُّر проникновение proniknutí indsigt; forståelse die Einsicht διορατικότητα, βαθιά αντίληψη comprensión; perspicacia taip بصیرت ymmärtämys perspicacité הֲבָנָה מַעֲמִיקָה अन्तर्दृष्टि pronicavost, oštroumnost (jó) meglátás; betekintés wawasan innsæi; skilningur perspicacia 洞察 식견 įžvalgumas, supratimas izpratne; ieskats wawasan inzicht innsikt, innblikk i intuicja perspicácia per­spi­cacitate проницательность chápanie, vniknutie; náhľad, rozhľad poznavanje razumevanje insikt[], inblick ความเข้าใจลึกซึ้ง anlayış, kavrayış 洞悉, 洞察力 розуміння; проникливість بصیرت sự thấu hiểu 悉,


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It seemed to me that I should feel ashamed to have spent two months in Paris, and not to have acquired more insight into the language.
In the words of a Russian critic, who seeks to explain the feeling inspired by Dostoevsky: "He was one of ourselves, a man of our blood and our bone, but one who has suffered and has seen so much more deeply than we have his insight impresses us as wisdom .
On the contrary I was then wiser and had more insight than at any other time, and understood all that is worth understanding in life, because.
 
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