Word Finder - sense

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Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

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Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

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a sense of security

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Sound practical or moral judgment.

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

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The meaning, reason, or value of something.

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You don’t make any sense.

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A natural appreciation or ability.

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A keen musical sense

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The way that a referent is presented.

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A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.

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

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One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.

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One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

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Referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

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To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.

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To instinctively be aware.

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She immediately sensed her disdain.

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To comprehend.

He also had a sense of responsibility about it.

I can sense it and I'm never wrong.

She shivered and shrugged the sense away.

For once, I had the sense to keep my mouth shut.

Her sense of smell is wonderful.

Of course, I have no sense whatever of dramatic action, and could make only random guesses; but with masterful art he suited the action to the word.

Many incidents of those early years are fixed in my memory, isolated, but clear and distinct, making the sense of that silent, aimless, dayless life all the more intense.

I can sense the ghost, with trembling fingers dialing the number!

Even your horse has better sense than you do.

Consequently, it made more sense to submit to Alex than argue with him.

He answered matter-of-factly, without any sense of embarrassment.

But Bordeaux had a sense of humor that sought and found her own.

Let's see if we can make any sense out of this.

She couldn't describe the sense any other way, just like she couldn't determine why she still felt the connection to his soul.

If you had any sense at all you'd known it was the earthquake.

When her fingers were too tired to spell another word, I had for the first time a keen sense of my deprivations.

Excuse me for saying so, but you have no sense about women.

Otherwise, it was difficult to sense true feelings, at least from Julie's standpoint.

Then a strange, fearful sense of danger terrified me.

The question of a special "sixth sense," such as people have ascribed. to Miss Keller, is a delicate one.

The headlights behind provided a sense of false security.

And yet, by the coarse measures we use, in a sense we have the same level of prosperity because we both have cars.

For a reply to these questions the common sense of mankind turns to the science of history, whose aim is to enable nations and humanity to know themselves.

I didn't think you had an ounce of sense, Talon.

I really am the only one with sense around here.

Still, she felt a sense of loss.

My thoughts flowed easily; I felt a sense of joy in the composition.

How well I remember the graceful draperies that enfolded me, the bright autumn leaves that wreathed my head, and the fruit and grain at my feet and in my hands, and beneath all the piety of the masque the oppressive sense of coming ill that made my heart heavy.

With ever-growing horror, and no sense of joy or relief, he gazed at what was taking place.

I want you to sense my magic without touch.

She felt the sense of being centered for the first time in her life and knew it was because of the man before her.

Jenn bit back a retort and left, unable to shake the sense he'd told her something he didn't mean for her to know.

While she didn't quite know where she was, she felt a sense of belonging.

The sense of power increased tenfold as she entered the mansion.

Lost in his thoughts, he didn't sense the danger until it spoke.

The sense of doom was building.

Darkyn's shared sense warned her.

I loved "Little Women" because it gave me a sense of kinship with girls and boys who could see and hear.

Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at life's shut gate.

The sense of smell has fallen into disrepute, and a deaf person is reluctant to speak of it.

She also lost her sense of smell and taste.

Suddenly all those annoying rules of conduct began to make sense.

Of course, it made sense.

Now was the time to clear the air, and there was one thing about all this that didn't make sense.

We chatted briefly, agreed to have coffee and have been nearly inseparable ever sense.

We're not doing this for the FBI in any sense.

It made no sense.

When I said it out loud to Howie, it made sense.

Sean poisoning her made no sense.

He concentrated on the sense.