sense

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
2. (countable, uncountable) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
3. (countable, uncountable) Sound practical or moral judgment.
4. (countable, uncountable) The meaning, reason, or value of something.
5. (countable, uncountable) The meaning, reason, or value of something.
6. (countable, uncountable) The meaning, reason, or value of something.
7. (countable, uncountable) A natural appreciation or ability.
8. (countable, uncountable) The way that a referent is presented.
9. (countable, uncountable) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
10. (countable, uncountable) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
11. (countable, uncountable) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

Verb

1. To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
2. To instinctively be aware.
3. To comprehend.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛn(t)s/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sense

Cognate with Occitan: sen

Cognate with Italian: senno

Cognate with Dutch: zin

Cognate with German: Sinn

Cognate with Swedish: sinne

Cognate with Norwegian: sinn

In summary

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”).

Synonyms

feel

meaning

feeling

perceive

reason

mind

understanding

sensation

significance

intellect

intelligence

experience

smell

👃

touch

detect

perception

point

common sense

intention

consciousness

wisdom

notion

awareness

good sense

wit

taste

sensitivity

notice

concept

idea

💡

aware of

scent

see

👀

grope

sentiment

prudence

conception

observe

know

brains

comprehension

become aware

hear

horse sense

guess

aura

grasp

reek

emotion

purport

Translations

Sinn

sens

senso

sentido

sentir

👃

fühlen

sentido

sentire

empfinden

sentir

sentir

gewaarworden

Gefühl

zin

betekenis

Sentences

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