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Meanings of sense in English

Portuguese
sentir
Wikidata

Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.

        sentir
        Portuguese
        bom senso
        Catalan
        sentit

        Sound practical judgment.

              bom senso
              Portuguese
              sentido
              Catalan
              sentit

              The faculty through which the external world is apprehended.

                    sentido
                    Portuguese
                    significado
                    Catalan
                    sentit
                    Spanish
                    sentido

                    The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.

                          significado
                          Usage of sense in English
                          1
                          Yet Rue's words made sense: one could not oppose violence with violence.
                          Night gate
                          2
                          He said a common sense approach to the Covid-19 situation was needed.
                          Radio NZ
                          3
                          She said the bylaw takes a common sense approach to the problem.
                          Radio NZ
                          4
                          Good management that combined business sense with investments in health and education.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          Building a nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom makes simple sense.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          How Democracy Ends is a wonderful read and contains much good sense.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          Analysts at Credit Suisse, however, said the deal still made strategic sense.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          It made great sense: They had not lost their power to reason.
                          The Last Ship
                          9
                          Many South Africans are somewhat reluctantly feeling a sense of hope today.
                          The South African
                          10
                          Nuclear war meant human extinction, so war no longer made any sense.
                          The new yorker
                          11
                          Thereafter, however, common sense decrees that public buildings must take their chances.
                          The Guardian
                          12
                          Common sense said he didn't need it, but instinct said he did.
                          Anvil Gate
                          13
                          The actions of Scaf, however, have in a sense clarified the situation.
                          The Guardian
                          14
                          Common sense went out the window at Fulham a long time ago.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          The first thing we need therefore, is a sense of national direction.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          You said she had a sense of right and wrong, Vienna said.
                          Brain jack
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                          Translations for sense
                          Spanish
                          sentido
                          Sense through the time
                          Sense across language varieties
                          Canada
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
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