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Meaning of common sense | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
    uncountable
  2. One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.
    uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اَلْحِسّ السَّلِيم
বাংলা আকল
Bosanski jarki pamet razbor памет разбор
Català seny
Čeština selský rozum zdravý rozum
Dansk sund fornuft
Deutsch Common Sense Gemeinsinn gesunder Menschenverstand Hausverstand Sinn und Verstand
Ελληνικά κοινή λογική κοινός νους λογική
Español sentido común
Suomi arkiajattelu arkijärki järki maalaisjärki perusjärki talonpoikaisjärki terve järki
Français bon sens sens commun
Galego cordura sentidiño sentido común
हिन्दी सूझ-बूझ
Hrvatski jarki pamet razbor памет разбор
Magyar józan ész
Bahasa Indonesia akal budi akal sehat
Íslenska almenn skynsemi
Italiano buonsenso senno senso comune
日本語 常識
ქართული კეთილგონიერება
ភាសាខ្មែរ សុភនិច្ឆ័យ
한국어 공리 상식
Latviešu gudrība veselais saprāts
Македонски здрав разум
Bahasa Melayu akal akal budi
Nederlands boerenverstand gezond verstand
Polski chłopski rozum rozsądek zdrowy rozsądek
Português bom senso senso comum
Română bun-simț
Русский здравый смысл ум-разум
Српски jarki pamet razbor памет разбор
Svenska bondförnuft bondförstånd folkvett sunt förnuft vett och sans
Kiswahili akili
ไทย สามัญสำนึก
Tagalog magmag sentido komun
Türkçe aklıselim sağduyu
Українська здоровий глузд
Tiếng Việt lẽ thường

Examples

“To act with common sense⟳, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know⟳; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take⟳ the world as it comes, submit⟳ respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation.”
“While there are not yet studies to prove⟳ it, common sense⟳ tells us that a stressed and sick animal is not an ideal candidate to eventually make⟳ a healthy meal.”
“Common sense⟳, by contrast to self-attentiveness, involves other-attentiveness, as a person pays attention to the social world around them and to the structure⟳ of tacit meanings that others impart through the use⟳ of utterances and embodied conduct. […] Common sense⟳ as other-attentiveness means that a participant pays attention to another’s world as a condition for bespeaking one’s own⟳.”
“This common ſenſe is the Iudge or Moderator of the reſt, by whom we diſcerne all differences of obiects; for by mine eye I doe not knowe that I ſee, or by mine eare that I heare, but by my common ſenſe, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

common sewer common shelduck common shrew Common Slavic common snapdragon common snapping turtle

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