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Definition: Meaning of, sense in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɛns /

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  1. [countable] a feeling about something
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  2. [singular] the ability to understand or judge something
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  3. [countable] one of the five natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell, that give us information about the things around us
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  4. [uncountable] when someone makes sensible or practical decisions, or behaves in a sensible, practical way
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  5. make sense to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand
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  6. make sense to be a sensible thing to do
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  7. make sense if something makes sense, there seems to be a good reason or explanation for it
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  8. make (some) sense of something to understand something, especially something difficult or complicated
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  9. [countable] the meaning of a word, sentence, phrase etc
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  10. [countable] a way in which something can be true or real
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  11. your/her etc senses someone's ability to think clearly and behave sensibly - used in some expressions when you think that someone has lost this ability
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  12. talk sense spoken to say things that are reasonable or sensible - often used when you think someone has just said something silly
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  13. regain your senses old-fashioned to stop feeling FAINT or slightly sick
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sense sensed sensed
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  1. if you sense something, you feel that it exists or is true, without being told or having proof
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  2. if a machine senses something, it discovers and records it
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sense used in phrases

  • Sense and Sensibility
    1. (1811) a book by Jane AUSTEN about two sisters, Elinor, who is a very sensible person, and Marianne, who is a very romantic and emotional person, and the difficulties they face in finding suitable husbands
  • auditory sense (noun)
    1. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
  • common sense (noun)
    1. the ability to behave in a sensible way and make practical decisions
  • dress sense (noun)
    1. the ability to choose clothes that make you look attractive
  • good sense (noun)
    1. the quality someone has when they are able to make sensible decisions about what to do
  • horse sense (noun)
    1. sound practical judgment
  • labyrinthine sense (noun)
    1. a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
  • make sense (verb)
    1. be reasonable, logical or comprehensible
  • moral sense (noun)
    1. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
  • muscle sense (noun)
    1. the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
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