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sense

/sɛn(t)s/
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noun

  • Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
  • Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

    "a sense of security"

  • Sound practical or moral judgment.

    "It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven."

  • The meaning, reason, or value of something.

    "You don’t make any sense."

  • A natural appreciation or ability.

    "A keen musical sense"

  • The way that a referent is presented.
  • A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.

    "The definition of sense in this context, is given in sense 7 of its definition."

  • One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
  • One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
  • Referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

verb

  • To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
  • To instinctively be aware.

    "She immediately sensed her disdain."

  • To comprehend.

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