insight
//ˈɪnsaɪ̯t//
Forms
- Plural
- insights
Definitions
1.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, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
2.Power of acute observation and deduction.
3.Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
4.Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2589
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- + sight.
Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”).