insight

[in·sight]

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.

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A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

Noun
grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

Noun
clear or deep perception of a situation

Noun
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

Noun
a feeling of understanding


n.
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

n.
Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.


Insight

In"sight` , n. 1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.
He had an insight into almost all the secrets of state.
2. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
Quickest insight In all things that to greatest actions lead.

A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into.

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Usage Examples

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

I did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening. My work at NBC News was to report the news, but in hindsight, I often tried to look for some insight to share that might spark a moment of recognition in a viewer.

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Other Usage Examples

Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow.

I actually do think you're seeing this trend towards organizations just caring more about their brand and engaging. And so I think Home Depot will want to humanize itself. I think that's a lot of why companies are starting blogs, are just giving more insight into what's going on with them.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.

Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development - an insight came from that book.

I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society.

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.

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