special insight

collocation in English

meaningsofspecialandinsight

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special
adjective
uk
/ˈspeʃ.əl/us
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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insight
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.saɪt/us
/ˈɪn.saɪt/
(the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem ...
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(Definition ofspecialandinsightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some children with chronic illness and/or life-threatening conditions will have established relationships with clinical caregivers; these relationships may engenderspecialinsightand unique responsibilities.
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It seems to be entirely consistent with thatspecialinsightthat this amendment should be passed.
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He has aspecialinsightinto the problem.
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He showed that he had aspecialinsightinto the problems of the disadvantaged child and the less able child.
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Industrialists have an important role to play, but the idea that they have aspecialinsightinto education and its purpose is false.
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They will have aspecialinsightinto the way in which the authority goes about performing its functions.
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We look forward to their contributions bearing in mind thespecialinsightwhich they bring to the problem.
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Plainly, many who receive awards are the first in their families to do so and bringspecialinsightand experience as mature students to their education.
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She believes her pregnancy has given her aspecialinsightinto the nature of trans-space.
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This gave himspecialinsightinto the region.
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Therefore, it requires some abstract thinking, and a certain amount ofspecialinsight.
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Such concealed societies typically have aspecialinsightinto the mechanics of the world, such as an understanding of magical forces or knowledge of supernatural beings.
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Psychoanalysis thus does not yield anyspecialinsight, since hiding something from oneself occurs at the level of consciousness as a unified phenomenon, not as part of some intra-psychic mechanism.
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Justine claims to possess a kind ofspecialinsightor intuition.
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While all heroes understood the requirements of their own age, and possessed the strength of character to meet these, their special insights and abilities were only appropriate in particular circumstances.
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We are making use of the special insights of many dedicated and skilled women, together with other married couples, to help us in this.
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