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Meaning of sixth sense | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Extrasensory perception; the ability to sense things by means other than the known bodily senses.

Equivalents

Čeština šestý smysl
Deutsch sechster Sinn
Español sexto sentido
Suomi kuudes aisti
Français sixième sens
Italiano sesto senso
日本語 第六感
Nederlands zesde zintuig
Português sexto sentido

Examples

“Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.”
“Luckily, on evidence which I could never understand, Dominic detected something suspicious. Perhaps it was by virtue of some sixth sense that men born for unlawful occupations may be gifted with.”
“What Ghaznavi had considered animal intuition or some sixth sense was merely the razor-edged faculties and savage wit of the barbarian.”

CEFR level

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

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