Sense Meaning and Definition


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Sense meaning

Word: Sense

How to pronounce: sens

Noun

Definitions:

1. A faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.

Example sentences: "The bear has a keen sense of smell that enables it to hunt at dusk"

2. A feeling that something is the case.

Example sentences: "She had the sense of being a political outsider"

3. A sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems.

Example sentences: "He earned respect by the good sense he showed at meetings"

4. A way in which an expression or a situation can be interpreted; a meaning.

Example sentences: "It is not clear which sense of the word “characters” is intended in this passage"

5. A property (e.g. direction of motion) distinguishing a pair of objects, quantities, effects, etc. which differ only in that each is the reverse of the other.

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Perceive by a sense or senses.

2. (of a machine or similar device) detect.


Synonyms:

feeling

emotion

sentiment

perception

sentience

feel

common sense

sanity

wisdom

meaning

point

content

respect

affection

taste

make sense

have meaning

purport

prudence

discretion

reasoning

discreetness

implication

significance

connotation

signification

consciousness

wit

mind

reason

savvy

nous

brain

smart

intelligence

intellect

brains

mentality

brainpower

perceive

apprehend

understand

grasp

comprehend

recognize

know

appreciate

see

make

catch

understanding

drift

smell

scent

intent

intention

smell out

intuit


Antonyms:

nonsense

bullshit


Derivations:

sensible

senseless

sensuous

sensory

sensing

sensation

sensuality

sensed


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Sense in Other Languages...

Spanish: Sentido

German: Sinn

French: Sens

Italian: Senso

Turkish: Anlama


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