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- Dictionarysense/sɛns/
noun
- 1. a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch: "the bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk" Similar
- 2. a feeling that something is the case: "she had the sense of being a political outsider" Similar
verb
- 1. perceive by a sense or senses: "with the first frost, they could sense a change in the days"
- 2. (of a machine or similar device) detect: "an optical fibre senses a current flowing in a conductor"
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The meaning of SENSE is a meaning conveyed or intended : import, signification; especially : one of a set of meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as segregated in a dictionary entry. How to use sense in a sentence.
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel: With her excellent sense of smell, she could tell if you were a smoker from the other side of the room. My cold is so bad I've lost my sense of smell / taste (= I can't smell / taste anything).
Sense definition: any of the faculties, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body. See examples of SENSE used in a sentence.
[singular] sense (of something) an understanding about something; an ability to judge something. One of the most important things in a partner is a sense of humour (= the ability to find things funny or make people laugh). He has a very good sense of direction (= finds the way to a place easily).
A sense is an awareness or recognition of something; the stimulus may be subjective and the entire process may be mental or intellectual: a sense of failure. A sensation is an impression derived from an objective (external) stimulus through any of the sense organs: a sensation of heat.
You can use sense to describe something perceived with your senses, like when you sense your dog is near because of the smell. Sense also refers to the unconscious process of figuring something out, like when you sense that someone is cheating at cards.
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.
the meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence. in a sense/in some senses. thinking about something in a particular way: In a sense, he's right. make sense. B2.
a feeling or understanding that an event is important or special Candles on the table gave the evening a sense of occasion. Definition of sense noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of sense verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
