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INSIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
Synonyms:
insight; sixth sense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("insight" is a kind of...):
intuition (instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Clear or deep perception of a situation
Synonyms:
insight; penetration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("insight" is a kind of...):
perception (knowledge gained by perceiving)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
Synonyms:
brainstorm; brainwave; insight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("insight" is a kind of...):
apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insight"):
light (mental understanding as an enlightening experience)
revelation (an enlightening or astonishing disclosure)
breakthrough; discovery; find (a productive insight)
flash (a sudden brilliant understanding)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A feeling of understanding
Synonyms:
insight; perceptiveness; perceptivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("insight" is a kind of...):
sensibility (refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions)
Context examples:
However, these insights may one day help clinicians improve immunotherapy for cancers and other diseases by optimizing nutrition.
(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)
The study also revealed new insights into how genes are expressed.
(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)
A gene associated with the migratory patterns of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers could lend insight into the longstanding question of how birds migrate across long distances.
(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)
Insights from her research also could have important applications for biology, ultimately leading to possible future medical treatments, because disordered cells also exist in tissues, in developing embryos and in certain cancers.
(Materials, like metallic glass, can help us understand how cells break, NSF)
The film camera is initially intended to be used by researchers who literally want to gain better insight into many of the extremely rapid processes that occur in nature.
(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
UniSA's Dr Tobias Loetscher says the study provides new links between previously under-investigated eye movements and personality traits and delivers important insights for emerging fields of social signal processing and social robotics.
(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They shook him with lines of thought that were new to him; and gave him insights, not into new biological laws, but into new applications of the old laws.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The value of this type of therapy is the opportunity for gaining insight from others into one's life experience.
(Group Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Researchers took seawater samples and measurements that offer insights into the microbial community.
(Microbes reflect the health of coral reefs, National Science Foundation)
