[Vocabulary] Get an insight or get insight?
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Did you look up "insight" in a dictionary?
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Yes. Meaning, as a noun, deep and clear perception of a situation. However, people use the phrase frequently in many places, I just feel like, in general, it means getting better understanding of something?
Also, any difference between the two phrases?
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Good, but with "insight" the understanding is deep. Your two phrases have about the same meaning, but "gain" is more common than "get".
See here: https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...c0;.t1;,get insight;,c0;.t1;,gain insight;,c0
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