insight
nounA clear understanding of an underlying feature, cause, or relationship.
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Clear all filtersA clear understanding of an underlying feature, cause, or relationship.
To suggest something indirectly, often something unfavorable.
One word family: also includes insinuation.
Providing a useful lesson or clearer understanding.
Providing understanding
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Relating to thought, understanding, or the exercise of the mind.
An explanation of what something means, or a particular way of presenting a work.
Explanation of meaning
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To make something known indirectly or discreetly.
Clearly expressed and readily understood.
One word family: also includes lucidity.
A mistaken understanding of a situation or statement.
Mistaken understanding
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An incorrect belief or understanding.
Incorrect belief
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To interpret something incorrectly.
To understand or explain the meaning of something incorrectly.
To read something incorrectly or form a mistaken understanding of a situation.
To make something harder to understand, often deliberately.
Not well known or difficult to see, understand, or explain.
Difficult to understand
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A model, pattern, or framework used to understand or approach something.
To become aware of something through the senses or to understand it in a particular way.
The process of noticing or understanding something, or the resulting view or interpretation.
Awareness or interpretation
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Quick to recognize and understand important details or meanings.
Quick to understand
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Clarity and ease of understanding in expression.
Clarity of expression
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Very deep, intense, or showing considerable understanding.
Deep in thought or effect
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The range of responsibility, concern, or understanding covered by something.
Little known and difficult to understand without specialized knowledge.
Sound judgment and keen understanding.
Quick to understand a situation and make effective practical judgments.
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