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Meaning of sense | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
sɛns

Definitions

  1. deeply felt, heartfelt
  2. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
    countable, uncountable
  3. sense (faculties of perception)
  4. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
    countable, uncountable
  5. Genetics Of or relating to the portion of the strand of double-stranded DNA that serves as a template for and is transcribed into RNA.
    Genetics
  6. sense, way (manner)
  7. Sound practical or moral judgment.
    countable, uncountable
  8. to feel, become aware of, or realize. He sensed that she disapproved. agterkom, besef يَشْعُر، يُدْرِك усещам sentir cítit fühlen fornemme διαισθάνομαι, αντιλαμβάνομαιsentir, percibir tundma, tajuma فهميدن aistia sentir לַחוּש महसूस करना osjetiti, naslutiti érzékel menyadari skynja sentire 感じる 직감 (pa)justi just; nojaust; apzināties merasakan voelenføle, merke, sanse wyczuwać حس كول، حساس كول، درك كول sentir a simţi чувствовать, осознавать cítiť zavedati se osetiti märka, uppfatta รู้สึก; รู้ต...
  9. sense, meaning
  10. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
    countable, uncountable
  11. sinneloos بدون شُعور، بِفُقْدان للوَعْي безчуствено insensatamente nesmyslně unsinnig bevidstløst; sanseløst παράλογα insensatamente arutult به طرز احمقانه älyttömästi insensément בְּחוֹסֵר הִגָיוֹן बिना सोचे besmisleno, budalasto eszméletlenül secara bodoh heimskulega, merkingarlaust insensatamente 無感覚な 어리석게 beprasmiškai, nesuvokiant bezjēdzīgi; muļķīgi dengan bodoh onzinnigmeningsløst bezsensownie د حماقت insensatamente nebuneşte глупо; бессмысленно nezmyselne neumno besmisleno oförståndigt...
  12. sense, point, use
  13. A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
    countable, uncountable
  14. sinneloosheid حَماقَه، فُقْدان الوَعْي безчуственост insensatez bezvědomí; nesmyslnost die Sinnlosigkeit bevidstløshed; sanseløshed αναισθησία, παραλογισμόςinsensatez arutus حماقت älyttömyys manque de bon sens בְּחוֹסֵר הִגָיוֹן बेहोशी bešćutnost eszméletvesztés kebodohan meðvitundarleysi insensatezza 無感覚 어리석음 nesuvokimas, nesąmonė, beprasmybė bezsamaņa; bezjēdzība kebodohan onzinnigheidmeningsløshet bezsens حماقت insensatez lipsă de bun-simţ глупость; бессмысленность bezvedomie; nezmyselnosť...
  15. A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
    countable, uncountable
  16. (usually with my, ~his, ~her etc) a person's normal, sane state of mind. He must have taken leave of his senses; When he came to his senses, he was lying in a hospital bed. sinne عَقْل، وَعْي، رَشْد، صَواب разсъдък juízo smysly; vědomí die Sinne (pl.) være gået fra forstanden; komme til fornuft; genvinde bevidstheden πνευματική υγεία, ανάκτηση των αισθήσεων juicio meelemõistus, meelemärkus هوش و حواس järki raison; conscienceהכרה, חושים विवेक pamet, svijest, prisebnost (ép) ész; (ön)tudat akal...
    usually with
  17. an ability to feel or realize something apparently not by means of any of the five senses. He couldn't hear or see anyone, but a sixth sense told him that he was being followed. sesde sintuig الحاسَّةُ السّادِسَه шесто чуство sexto sentido šestý smysl sechster Sinn sjette sans έκτη αίσθηση sexto sentido kuues meel حس ششم kuudes aisti sixième sens חוש שִׁשִי छठी इंद्रि šesto čulo hatodik érzék indera keenam sjötta skilningarvitið sesto senso 第6感 제6감, 직감 šeštasis pojūtis sestais prāts gerak hat...
  18. A natural appreciation or ability.
    countable, uncountable
  19. The way that a referent is presented.
    countable, uncountable
  20. Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.
  21. One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
    countable, uncountable
  22. senses The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.
  23. One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
    countable, uncountable
  24. An intuitive or acquired perception or ability to estimate: a sense of diplomatic timing.
  25. referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
    countable, uncountable
  26. Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters: The boy had sense and knew just what to do when he got lost.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca sezmək
Беларуская пачуццё
Čeština pocit smysl význam
Cymraeg pwyll synnwyr ystyr
Dansk fornemmelse
Esperanto senso
Eesti meel
فارسی حس
Français acception Sens sensé sensé Sentir
Gaeilge airigh céadfa ciall réasún
עברית חוש חש מובן תחושה
Հայերեն զգացում իմաստ
Bahasa Indonesia arti bakat budi Indra makna rasa
ქართული გრძნობა
한국어 감각
Latina sentio
Lëtzebuergesch Gefill Gespier Sënn spieren
Lietuvių jausmas
Latviešu mana sajūta
Te Reo Māori rongo
Македонски свест сетило чувство
Bahasa Melayu erti indera maksud
မြန်မာဘာသာ အာရုံ
Română sens simț simți
Slovenščina čut pomen
తెలుగు స్పృహ
Tagalog damdam pandama
Tiếng Việt ý nghĩa

Examples

“Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.”
“What surmounts the reach / Of human sense I shall delineate.”
“a sense of security”
“this Basilius, having the quick sense of a lover”

The New Arcadia

“high disdain from sense of injured merit”
“The days have vanish’d, tone and tint, ⁠And yet perhaps the hoarding sense ⁠Gives out at times (he knows not whence) A little flash, a mystic hint; […]”
“Where a college administration does not come forward and say that gay people have a right to be here, there is a sense among students that it is acceptable to harass and intimidate lesbian and gay members of that community.”
“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.”
“You don’t make any sense.”
“I think ’twas in another sense.”
“the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)”
“A keen musical sense”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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