Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

    gesunder Menschenverstand, Common Sense

    здра́вый смыслzdrávyj smysl, у́м-ра́зумúm-rázum

    здоро́вий глуздzdoróvyj hluzd

  2. (uncountable)One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.

More definitions
  • sound practical judgment

Examples

142 sentences
  1. He is lacking in common sense.

    Йому не вистачає здорового глузду. — anastasishko

    ruЕму не хватает здравого смысла. — Hellerick

    deIhm fehlt der gesunde Menschenverstand. — Manfredo

  2. He lacks common sense.

    Йому бракує здорового глузду. — deniko

    ruЕму не хватает здравого смысла. — Hellerick

    deIhm fehlt es an gesundem Menschenverstand. — al_ex_an_der

  3. She lacks common sense.

    Їй не вистачає здорового глузду. — deniko

    ruЕй не хватает здравого рассудка. — corvard

    deIhr fehlt gesunder Menschenverstand. — samueldora

  4. Tom lacks common sense.

    Тому бракує здорового глузду. — deniko

    deEs fehlt Tom an gesundem Menschenverstand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Experience will teach you common sense.

Translations

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Origin

Calque of Middle French sens commun and its source, Latin sēnsus commūnis, itself a calque

Calque of Middle French sens commun and its source, Latin sēnsus commūnis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis).

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