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| NOUN | 1 | sense | A general conscious awareness |
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| 2 | sense, signified | The meaning of a word or expression | |
| 3 | sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty | The faculty through which the external world is apprehended | |
| 4 | sense, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit | Sound practical judgment | |
| 5 | sense | A natural appreciation or ability | |
| VERB | 1 | sense, feel | Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles |
| 2 | sense | Detect some circumstance or entity automatically | |
| 3 | sense | Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively | |
| 4 | sense | Comprehend |
| Sounds | seh'ns |
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| Rhymes | commence, commonsense, condense, and 20 more rhymes in ehns at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A general conscious awareness. |
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| Examples | "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self" |
| Narrower | sense of direction; sense of responsibility |
| Broader | awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness |
| Verbs | sense; sensify |
| Meaning | The meaning of a word or expression. The way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted. |
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| Examples | "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty" |
| Synonyms | signified |
| Narrower | word meaning, word sense, acceptation |
| Broader | meaning, significance, signification, import |
| Meaning | The faculty through which the external world is apprehended. |
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| Examples | "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" |
| Synonyms | sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty |
| Narrower | modality, sense modality, sensory system; sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility |
| Broader | faculty, mental faculty, module |
| Verbs | sense; sense; sensify |
| Meaning | Sound practical judgment. |
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| Examples | "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" |
| Synonyms | common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit |
| Narrower | logic; nous; road sense |
| Broader | sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment |
| Verbs | sense |
| Meaning | A natural appreciation or ability. |
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| Examples | "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing" |
| Broader | appreciation, grasp, hold |
| Meaning | Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | feel |
| Caused by | sensitize, sensitise |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend |
| Similar to | feel |
| Nouns | sense, sensation; sensing; sensation; sensor |
| Meaning | Detect some circumstance or entity automatically. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" |
| Broader | detect, observe, find, discover, notice |
| Nouns | sense |
| Meaning | Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "I sense his hostility" |
| Broader | perceive |
| Nouns | sense |
| Meaning | Comprehend. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "I sensed the real meaning of his letter" |
| Broader | understand |
| Nouns | sense |