Meaning & use
novel insights
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Meaning
phraseplural
New and original understandings or discoveries about something.
Grammar: Used as a plural noun phrase; the singular is 'a novel insight'. Often followed by 'into' or 'about'.
Patterns
- novel insights into something
- novel insights about something
- provide novel insights
- gain novel insights
The study provided novel insights into how children learn language.
Her research offers novel insights about the causes of the disease.
The team's analysis yielded novel insights that changed the field.
Common combinations
- provide novel insights
- The experiment provided novel insights into memory.
- gain novel insights
- We gained novel insights from the interviews.
- novel insights into
- The paper presents novel insights into climate change.
- offer novel insights
- The book offers novel insights about ancient trade.
Synonyms and how they differ
- new perspectives
- Similar, but 'perspectives' emphasizes a way of viewing something, while 'insights' emphasizes deep understanding.
- fresh understanding
- Close in meaning, but 'fresh' can mean simply new or different, not necessarily original and significant like 'novel'.
Word family
- novel adjective
- New and original, especially in an interesting way.
- insight noun
- A clear and deep understanding of something.
- insightful adjective
- Showing a clear and deep understanding.
Commonly confused: novel insights or novel?
novel insights vs novel
As a noun, 'novel' means a long story; as an adjective, it means new. In this phrase, it is an adjective.
Practice
The research team's findings offered _______ into the workings of the human brain.
Choose one answer.
The plural 'novel insights' fits because the findings are multiple and the verb 'offered' takes a plural object here. 'A novel insight' is singular and would not match the plural context; 'novel insight' lacks a determiner; 'novel insightful' is ungrammatical because both words are adjectives.
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