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insight
noun
A clear understanding of an underlying feature, cause, or relationship.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
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Insight concerns understanding. Visual acuity concerns sharpness of vision; the source gloss does not make these interchangeable.
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The comparison offered fresh insight into the composer's use of silence.
Nia next tried to decipher the cramped handwritten labels on the print log, asking the original recorder to clarify two uncertain marks. Once the entries were readable, she could educe a useful pattern: every striped poster followed a change to the same setting. That relationship offered an insight into where the next comparison should focus.
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Insight concerns understanding. Visual acuity concerns sharpness of vision; the source gloss does not make these interchangeable.
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