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sense

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɛns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɛns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sens)

Inflections of 'sense' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
senses
v 3rd person singular
sensing
v pres p
sensed
v past
sensed
v past p

sense
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Sense: Noun: ability to reason
Synonyms:
intellect, understanding Collocations, judgment Collocations, judgement (UK), reason Collocations, mind Collocations, intelligence Collocations, brains, brain Collocations, gray matter, grey matter (UK), marbles (slang), savvy Collocations (slang), wit Collocations, smarts (slang), intellectual ability, mental capacity, faculty Collocations, reasoning, knowledge Collocations, cleverness, intellectual grasp, common sense, good sense, nous (UK, informal), levelheadedness, level-headedness, reasonableness
Antonyms:
dullness, idiocy, stupidity, feeble wit, ineptitude, inability Collocations, babble, garbage Collocations, balderdash, baloney (slang), rubbish Collocations, bunk Collocations, nonsense Collocations, confusion Collocations, folly Collocations, madness Collocations, lunacy
Sense: Noun: wisdom
Synonyms:
discretion Collocations, prudence, wisdom Collocations, sagacity, lucidity, tact, insight Collocations, discernment, good judgment, good judgement (UK), understanding Collocations, appreciation Collocations, awareness Collocations, presence of mind, perceptiveness, canniness, shrewdness
Antonyms:
bad faith, cheating, unfairness, injustice, favoritism, bias Collocations, craftiness, deception Collocations, disrespect, hypocrisy, lying Collocations
Sense: Noun: feeling
Synonyms:
feeling Collocations, impression Collocations, inkling, gut reaction, perception Collocations, sensation
Sense: Noun: power of physical perception
Synonyms:
sensation, faculty Collocations, smell Collocations, touch Collocations, hearing Collocations, sight Collocations, taste Collocations, kinesthesia, kinaesthesia (UK), perception Collocations
Antonyms:
numbness, lack of sight, loss of hearing, disability Collocations, blindness, deafness
Sense: Noun: meaning
Synonyms:
meaning Collocations, significance Collocations, context Collocations, signification, definition Collocations, interpretation Collocations, dictionary definition
Sense: Noun: point or use
Synonyms:
point Collocations, use Collocations, purpose Collocations, good Collocations, reason Collocations, worth Collocations, logic, goal Collocations, object Collocations, objective Collocations, aim Collocations
Sense: Verb: detect
Synonyms:
detect Collocations, feel Collocations, pick up, pick up on, perceive Collocations, get the impression, get the feeling, have a feeling
Sense: Verb: understand
Synonyms:
understand Collocations, comprehend Collocations, register Collocations, appreciate Collocations, grasp Collocations, see Collocations, discern, cotton on to (informal), get Collocations (informal), perceive Collocations, know Collocations, ken


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