sense
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French sens, from Latin sensus (“‘sense, sensation, feeling, meaning’”), from sentire (“‘to feel, perceive’”); see scent.
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[edit] Noun
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sense (plural senses)
- One of the methods for a living being to gather data about the world; sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A general conscious awareness.
- a sense of security
- Sound practical judgment, as in common sense
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- You don’t make any sense.
- A natural appreciation or ability
- A keen musical sense
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
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- See also Wikisaurus:sense
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[edit] Translations
method to gather data
conscious awareness
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sound judgement
meaning or reason
natural ability
pragmatics term
semantics term
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math: direction of rotation
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[edit] See also
- business sense
- common sense
- sixth sense
- sight / vision
- hearing / audition
- taste / gustation
- smell / olfaction
- touch / tactition
- thermoception
- nociception
- equilibrioception
- proprioception
[edit] Verb
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to sense (third-person singular simple present senses, present participle sensing, simple past and past participle sensed)
- To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
- To instinctively be aware.
- She immediately sensed her disdain.
- To comprehend.
[edit] Translations
use biological senses
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to instinctively be aware
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sense
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[edit] Participle
sēnse
- vocative masculine singular of sēnsus
