sense
noun
- any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world
- The meaning, reason, or value of something
- process of perceiving, literally or figuratively, physically or intuitively
verb
- To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel
- To instinctively be aware
- perceive, literally or figuratively, physically or intuitively
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɛns/ / /sɛnts/ / /sɪns/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō 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”).
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
“Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.”
“What surmounts the reach / Of human sense I shall delineate.”
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
“a sense of security”
“this Basilius, having the quick sense of a lover”
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
“It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.”
“some People so Harden'd in Wickedness, as to have No Sense at all of the most Friendly Offices, or the Highest Benefits.”
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
“You don’t make any sense.”
“I think ’twas in another sense.”
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
“the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)”
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- 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.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō 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.