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- Dictionarysense/sɛns/
noun
- 1. a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch: "the bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk" Similar
- 2. a feeling that something is the case: "she had the sense of being a political outsider" Similar
verb
- 1. perceive by a sense or senses: "with the first frost, they could sense a change in the days"
- 2. (of a machine or similar device) detect: "an optical fibre senses a current flowing in a conductor"
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SENSE definition: 1. an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five…. Learn more.
When you sense something, you know it intuitively, like when you can tell your mother is angry not by her words but by the tone of her voice.
20 meanings: 1. any of the faculties by which the mind receives information about the external world or about the state of the.... Click for more definitions.
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an ability to judge, discriminate, or estimate external conditions, sounds, etc. a sense of direction, pitch, etc. 5. an ability to feel, appreciate, or understand some quality. a sense of humor, honor, etc. 6. a. the ability to think or reason soundly; normal intelligence and judgment, often as reflected in behavior. b.
Sense definition: any of the faculties, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body.
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