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sense English

Meaning sense meaning

What does sense mean?
Definitions in simple English

sense Noun

— Sense is any basic ability or understanding. She has a great sense of fashion. She uses good sense when choosing her friends. Why did you do that?! Where's your common sense?!

sense Verb

— Sense is the ability to understand a situation or emotions. I sensed you were upset before you said anything. I sense you don't want to be with me. Do I sense a chance for success in your game plan?

sense

— noun a general conscious awareness a sense of security a sense of happiness a sense of danger a sense of self — verb (= feel) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles He felt the wind She felt an object brushing her arm He felt his flesh crawl She felt the heat when she got out of the car — noun (= signified) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted the dictionary gave several senses for the word in the best sense charity is really a duty the signifier is linked to the signified — noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing — noun (= common sense, good sense) sound practical judgment Common sense is not so common he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples fortunately she had the good sense to run away — noun a natural appreciation or ability a keen musical sense a good sense of timing — verb detect some circumstance or entity automatically This robot can sense the presence of people in the room particle detectors sense ionization — verb comprehend I sensed the real meaning of his letter — verb (= smell, smell out) become aware of not through the senses but instinctively I sense his hostility i smell trouble smell out corruption

Synonyms sense synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sense?

sense English » English

feel meaning feeling perceive reason mind understanding significance sensation intellect intelligence experience touch smell perception detect point common sense wisdom intention consciousness wit taste notion good sense awareness sensitivity notice concept sentiment see scent prudence observe know idea grope conception comprehension brains aware of thought skill reek realization purpose purport order mother wit listen

Topics sense topics

What do people use sense to talk about?
Person

Sense, perceive
Language and thought Think Mind

Intelligent
Language and thought

Soul, spirit
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Meaning
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Touch
Person Sense, perceive

Sense of touch
Language and thought Think Mind

Logical
Person Sense, perceive

See
Person Sense, perceive

Hear
Person Sense, perceive

Taste
Person Sense, perceive

Smell
Language and thought Think Mind

Instinct
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Social behavior Social activity

Humor
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud
States Time Relative time

Right time

  • What words refer to a person's ability to choose the right time to do something?
    timing sense of timing
States Location

Direction

  • What words refer to a person's ability to know what direction he is going in?
    sense of direction
Grammar Very

Completely

Conjugation sense conjugation

How do you conjugate sense?

sense · verb

Examples sense examples

How do I use sense in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I doubt your good sense.
He lacks moral sense.
It is a pity that he has no sense of humor.
Tom doesn't think this makes any sense.
They have a sense of humor.
It doesn't really make much sense, does it?
Pigs smell bad, but they have a very good sense of smell.
He has no common sense whatsoever.
It didn't make any sense to me then.
It didn't make any sense to me at that time.
It made no sense to me then.
Tom tried to make sense out of everything that had happened.
What Tom said makes no sense to me.
I don't like ideologies. I side with honour and common sense.
Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
You have no sense of direction.
Can you make sense of this poem?
What you are saying does not make sense.
Don't you have a sense of justice?
She became rich by virtue of hard work and good business sense.
What you are saying doesn't make sense.
Your sense of humor is beginning to exert itself.
There is no sense in standing when there are seats available.
I had enough sense to get out of there.
Learning is one thing, and common sense another.
The project was successful in the sense that it drew the attention of everyone.
He lost his sense of direction in the dark woods.
It's a pity that Mary has no sense of humor.
Franklin was known for his common sense.

Movie subtitles

That doesn't make sense.
That makes perfect sense!
It'll all make sense if you read Part 3, so follow those books from the hill with the tree!
Anything like that can go, as long as it makes sense for the environment.
It never really made sense to me.
Nothing's making sense here.
Do you think that makes any sense?
Do you think that makes sense right now?
You know that makes no sense, don't you?
Yeah, the irony's not lost on me. But, then, nothing about this place makes any sense.
You're not really making a lot of sense.
I get it and that makes sense, yeah.
That makes sense.
It only made sense later. Mm.
Well, I guess she gave me up, 'cause this life didn't make sense to her.
For what possible reason lock us up in here? It makes no sense. Hmm?
Not that it all makes sense. It's mostly superstitious nonsense, but we are living beings.
Wait a moment. I can still sense 009's presence.
Now you're talking sense.
Arnie you ought to have better sense than to hire a couple of outside yaps especially bad shots.
These men clearly have no sense of patriotism!
Oh, what a charming sense of humour!
Look, Professor, this makes no sense whatsoever.
The same common sense.
I should have done it long ago, only I didn't have sense enough to do it.
Should have had better sense.
But he was such a sap, he didn't have sense enough to tell her.
No sense in your risking.
It's just common sense.
In season two, Derek's goal is really to find that place of having a sense of family again and belonging.
But I think Derek's ultimate goal is just to find that place of having a sense of family again and belonging.
It didn't make sense.
I guess a black whiskered whale really has no sense.
Does that make any sense?
But, then, nothing about this place makes any sense.
That's why you were pretending not to like me. That makes sense.
Above all else, a driver needs common sense and a cool head, and you have neither.
You know, they say that a dog can sense a true dog lover.

News and current affairs

If you are a high-net-worth investor, a sovereign wealth fund, or a central bank, it makes perfect sense to hold a modest proportion of your portfolio in gold as a hedge against extreme events.
But, at the same time, a wave of idealism swept across the wreckage, a collective sense of determination to build a more equal, peaceful, and safer world.
In short, he was a modern Jew in the best sense of the word.
He was, in the true sense of the word, a self-made man, whose pluck, ambition, drive and inner belief in his destiny carried him to the pinnacle of his achievements.
In Latin America and elsewhere in the developing world, the IMF imposes accounting frameworks that not only make little sense, but result in excessive austerity.
This makes sense.
Science fiction sometimes limits rather than expands our sense of what is possible.
It makes much more sense to tax things that are bad, like pollution, than things that are good, like savings and work.
But it makes far more sense to use the force of markets - the power of incentives - than to rely on goodwill, especially when it comes to oil companies that regard their sole objective as maximizing profits, regardless of the cost to others.
They see new players (say, Spain) rising to shape EU policy, particularly foreign policy, and sense that their traditional leadership is being challenged.
But the reverse is also true: a deep-rooted sense of democracy--precisely what globalization lacks--seems necessary to support economic efforts.
Security is useless without freedom, but freedom makes no sense without security - both national security and economic security.
In essence, the form of government we seek within Germany and across Europe is built on a sense of moral discourse and moral decision-making rather than on the supposedly eternal truth of some abstract political concept.
During World War II, European monarchs kept a sense of hope and unity alive among their subjects under Nazi occupation.
It thus seemed to make sense that even in the eurozone, banking supervision remained largely national.
Here, too, it makes sense to have the ECB in charge as a neutral arbiter with respect to these opposing interests.
It is always risky to speculate about hidden motives; nevertheless, systematic disparagement of Israeli society and culture undoubtedly encourages the sense that anti-Semitism, too, is a permitted prejudice.
Moreover, land for peace never made sense from an economic point of view.
Is it any wonder, then, that so many rational people are trying to make sense of a political reality that really has become unusually opaque?
Without legitimacy, no government can rule with any sense of confidence.
Nor would it be proper, where the gravity and scale of crimes materially differ, to charge all sides in a conflict in order to preserve a false sense of parity.
Remittances are already believed to be falling, which makes sense: immigrants in rich countries are and will be disproportionately hurt by slowing economic activity.

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