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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
insight/ˈɪnsʌɪt/
noun
  • 1 the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of something.

    ■ an understanding of this kind.

  • 2 Psychiatry awareness by a mentally ill person that their mental experiences are not based in external reality.
– derivatives
insightful adjective,
insightfully adverb.
– origin ME: prob. of Scand. and Low Ger. origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sight/sʌɪt/
noun
  • 1 the faculty or power of seeing.
  • 2 the action or fact of seeing someone or something.

    ■ the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen.

  • 3 a thing that one sees or that can be seen.

    ■ (sights) places of interest to tourists and other visitors.

  • 4 (a sight) informal a person or thing having a ridiculous or unattractive appearance.
  • 5 (also sights) a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting in precise aim or observation.
verb
  • 1 manage to see or briefly observe.
  • 2 take aim by looking through the sights of a gun.
  • 3 take a detailed visual measurement with or as with a sight.

    ■ adjust the sight of (a gun or optical instrument).

– phrases
at first sight when first seen; from an initial impression.
in sight
  • 1 visible.
  • 2 close to being achieved or realized.
in (or within) sight of
  • 1 so as to see or be seen from.
  • 2 within reach of; close to attaining.
in (or within) one's sights
  • 1 visible, especially through the sights of one's gun.
  • 2 within the scope of one's ambitions or expectations.
lose sight of
  • 1 be no longer able to see.
  • 2 fail to consider, be aware of, or remember.
on (or at) sight as soon as someone or something has been seen.
out of sight
  • 1 not visible.
  • 2 (also outasight) informal extremely good; excellent.
raise (or lower) one's sights become more (or less) ambitious; increase (or lower) one's expectations.
set one's sights on hope strongly to achieve or reach.
a sight —— informal indicating considerable extent: she is a sight cleverer than Sarah.
a sight for sore eyes informal a person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see.
a sight to behold a person or thing that is particularly impressive.
– derivatives
sighted adjective,
sighter noun,
sighting noun.
– origin OE (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of W. Gmc origin.
usage: On the confusion of sight and site, see usage at site.



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