Sekirov Dictionary

sense

/sɛns/

noun 11
verb 3
forms 5
phrases 7

noun11

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a natural power, such as sight or smell, by which a living thing notices what is around it
- Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. — 1601
•
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- You don’t make any sense.
- That just don't make a licka sense to me.
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Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- high disdain from sense of injured merit — 1667
•
Sound practical or moral judgment.
- It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
A natural appreciation or ability.
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A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
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.
The way that a referent is presented.

verb3

To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
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To instinctively be aware.
- She immediately sensed her disdain.
To comprehend.

forms

sensed · sensing · senses · senseth · sensest

Phrases with sense

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