insight

English

/ˈɪnsaɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
  • Power of acute observation and deduction
  • (marketing) 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
  • Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing things; intuition.
  • (artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
  • (psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English insight affix from English sight inherited from Old English insiht (argument, narrative, account) inherited from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (account, narrative, story, argument).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*insahtiz

Gloss

account, narrative, story, argument

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Person/Thing

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