sense.
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
Meaning & usage
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.
That just don't make a licka sense to me.
The meaning, reason, or value of something. 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)
The meaning, reason, or value of something. A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
A natural appreciation or ability.
A keen musical sense
The way that a referent is presented.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense 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”).
To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
To instinctively be aware.
She immediately sensed her disdain.
To comprehend.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense 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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