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sense  (sns)

n.

1.

a. Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.

b. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation: a sense of fatigue and hunger.

2. senses The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.

3.

a. An intuitive or acquired perception or ability to estimate: a sense of diplomatic timing.

b. A capacity to appreciate or understand: a keen sense of humor.

c. A vague feeling or presentiment: a sense of impending doom.

d. Recognition or perception either through the senses or through the intellect; consciousness: has no sense of shame.

4.

a. Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters: The boy had sense and knew just what to do when he got lost.

b. The normal ability to think or reason soundly. Often used in the plural: Have you taken leave of your senses?

c. Something sound or reasonable: There's no sense in waiting three hours.

5.

a. A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification: The sense of the novel is the inevitability of human tragedy.

b. One of the meanings of a word or phrase: The word set has many senses. See Synonyms at meaning.

6.

a. Judgment; consensus: sounding out the sense of the electorate on capital punishment.

b. Intellectual interpretation, as of the significance of an event or the conclusions reached by a group: I came away from the meeting with the sense that we had resolved all outstanding issues.

tr.v. sensed, sens·ing, sens·es

1. To become aware of; perceive.

2. To grasp; understand.

3. To detect automatically: sense radioactivity.

adj.

Genetics Of or relating to the portion of the strand of double-stranded DNA that serves as a template for and is transcribed into RNA.

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[Middle English, meaning, from Old French sens, from Latin snsus, the faculty of perceiving, from past participle of sentre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

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sense

Noun

1. any of the faculties (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) by which the mind receives information about the external world or the state of the body

2. the ability to perceive

3. a feeling perceived through one of the senses: a sense of warmth

4. a mental perception or awareness: a sense of security

5. ability to make moral judgments: a sense of honour

6. (usually pl) sound practical judgment or intelligence: a man lost his senses and killed his wife

7. reason or purpose: no sense in continuing

8. general meaning: he couldn't understand every word but he got the sense of what they were saying

9. specific meaning; definition: the three senses of the word

10. make sense to be understandable or practical

Verb

[sensing, sensed]

1. to perceive without the evidence of the senses: he sensed that she was impressed

2. to perceive through the senses [Latin sentire to feel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sense - a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self" awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowingness, consciousness - having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" sense of direction - an awareness of your orientation in space sense of responsibility - an awareness of your obligations
	2.	sense - 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" signified meaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" word meaning, word sense, acceptation - the accepted meaning of a word
	3.	sense - 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" sensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sensation faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind sense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular sense sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
	4.	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" common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations logic - reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic" nous - common sense; "she has great social nous" road sense - good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road
	5.	sense - a natural appreciation or ability; "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing" appreciation, grasp, hold - understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"
Verb	1.	sense - 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" feel perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" feel - be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
	2.	sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" detect, discover, notice, observe, find - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
	3.	sense - become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" smell out, smell perceive - become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"
	4.	sense - comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter" understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

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sense

noun 1. faculty, sensibility

noun 2. feeling, impression, perception, awareness, consciousness, atmosphere, aura, intuition, premonition, presentiment

noun 3. understanding, awareness, appreciation

noun 4. (sometimes plural) intelligence, reason, understanding, brains (informal) smarts (slang), chiefly U.S. judgment, discrimination, wisdom, wit(s), common sense, sanity, sharpness, tact, nous Brit. (slang) cleverness, quickness, discernment, gumption Brit. (informal) sagacity, clear-headedness, mother wit << OPPOSITE foolishness

noun 5. point, good, use, reason, value, worth, advantage, purpose, logic

noun 6. meaning, definition, interpretation, significance, message, import, substance, implication, drift, purport, nuance, gist, signification, denotation

verb 7. perceive, feel, understand, notice, pick up, suspect, realize, observe, appreciate, grasp, be aware of, divine, discern, just know, have a (funny) feeling (informal) get the impression, apprehend, have a hunch << OPPOSITE be unaware of

Translations

sense [sɛns] n (= faculty, meaning) → sentido (= feeling); sensación f (= good sense); sentido común, juicio

vt → sentir, percibir;

sense of humour → sentido del humor;

it makes sense → tiene sentido;

there is no sense in (doing) that → no tiene sentido (hacer) eso;

to come to one's senses (= regain consciousness) → volver en sí, recobrar el sentido;

to take leave of one's senses → perder el juicio

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sense [sɛns] n → sens m (= feeling); sentiment m (= meaning); sens, signification f (= wisdom); bon sens

vt → sentir, pressentir;

senses npl → raison f;

it makes sense → c'est logique;

there is no sense in (doing) that → cela n'a pas de sens;

to come to one's senses (= regain consciousness) → reprendre conscience (= become reasonable); revenir à la raison;

to take leave of one's senses → perdre la tête

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sense [sɛns] n → Sinn m;

(feeling) → Gefühl nt;

(good sense) → Verstand m, gesunder Menschenverstand m;

(meaning) → Bedeutung f, Sinn m

vt → spüren;

sense of smell → Geruchssinn m;

it makes sense (can be understood) → es ergibt einen Sinn;

(is sensible) → es ist vernünftig or sinnvoll;

there's no sense in that → das hat keinen Sinn;

there is no sense in doing that → es hat keinen Sinn, das zu tun;

to come to one's senses → Vernunft annehmen;

to take leave of one's senses → den Verstand verlieren

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sense [sɛns] n → senso (= feeling); sensazione f; senso (= meaning); senso, significato (= wisdom); buonsenso

vt → sentire, percepire;

senses npl (= sanity) → ragione f;

it makes sense → ha senso;

there is no sense in (doing) that → non ha senso (farlo);

sense of humour → (senso dell')umorismo;

to come to one's senses (= regain consciousness) → riprendere i sensi (= become reasonable); tornare in sé;

to take leave of one's senses → perdere il lume or l'uso della ragione