Meaning

3 senses
  1. To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.

    wahrnehmen, empfinden, spüren

    чу́вствоватьčúvstvovatʹ, почу́вствоватьpočúvstvovatʹ, ощуща́тьoščuščátʹ

  2. To instinctively be aware.

    She immediately sensed her disdain.

    spüren

    чу́вствоватьčúvstvovatʹ, почу́вствоватьpočúvstvovatʹ, ощуща́тьoščuščátʹ

    become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

  3. To comprehend.

Examples

2029 sentences
  1. That makes no sense at all.

    Це не має жодного сенсу. — deniko

    ruЭто совершенно бессмысленно. — marafon

    deDas ergibt überhaupt keinen Sinn. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. His letter doesn't make any sense.

    Його лист не має жодного сенсу. — deniko

    deSein Brief ergibt keinen Sinn. — al_ex_an_der

  3. She has no sense of beauty.

    У неї відсутнє відчуття прекрасного. — anastasishko

    ruЕй недостаёт чуткости к красоте. — shanghainese

    deSie hat keinen Sinn für das Schöne. — al_ex_an_der

  4. I know it doesn't make sense.

    Я знаю, що це не має сенсу. — deniko

  5. Does it make sense to you?

    Ти розумієш сенс цього? — deniko

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English sense, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, perception, direction”)

From Middle English sense, from Old French sens, sen, san (“sense, perception, direction”); partly from Latin sēnsus (“sensation, feeling, meaning”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive”); partly of Germanic origin (whence also Occitan sen, Italian senno), from Vulgar Latin *sennus (“sense, reason, way”), from Frankish *sinn ("reason, judgement, mental faculty, way, direction"; whence also Dutch zin, German Sinn, Swedish sinne, Norwegian sinn). Both Latin and Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

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Forms

senses, sensing, sensed, sensed
Base formsense · to sense
3rd person singularsenses
Present participlesensing
Past simplesensed
Past participlesensed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysense
he, she, itsenses

Past simpleLesson

all personssensed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sensed
he, she, ithas sensed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sense

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles:feel
  • become aware of not through the senses but instinctively:smellsmell out

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sense of humor
  • make any sense
  • make sense
  • any sense
  • doesn't make sense
  • no sense of
  • no sense
  • common sense
  • has no sense
  • make much sense
  • makes no sense
  • make sense to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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