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1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › common senseCommon sense Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of COMMON SENSE is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. How to use common sense in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Common Sense.

2. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › common-senseCOMMON SENSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   COMMON SENSE definition: 1. the basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a…. Learn more.

3. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › common-senseCOMMON SENSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 meanings: 1. plain ordinary good judgment; sound practical sense common-sense, common-sensical, commonsensical,.... Click for more definitions.

4. www.oed.com › dictionary › common-sense_ncommon sense, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

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   What does the word common sense mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word common sense , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   If someone offers to sell you a piece of the Brooklyn Bridge and you decline, that's common sense, i.e., a sound practical judgement about everyday manners.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › common-sensecommon sense noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Common sense should tell you that people will find out sooner or later. He doesn't have an ounce of common sense. I hope that common sense will prevail. That child has got no common sense! Use a bit of common sense! If any problems arise, just use your common sense. Luckily the boy had the common sense to phone the police.

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   How many meanings does the word common sense have?

   • There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word common sense, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. common sense has developed meanings and uses in subjects including medicine (mid 1500s) philosophy (mid 1500s) How common is the word common sense?

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   What is the importance of common sense?

   • Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction. (Quote: 'Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.') Quotes about Common Sense (647 quotes) - Quote Master. We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense. (Quote: 'We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.') Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses. (Quote: 'Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.')

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   How can common sense be used in a sentence?

   • Common sense can be used in a sentence as follows: Wait for the common sense of the morning. Another example: Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights. Experience is mad when it steps beyond the horizons of our communal sense. Our lives are based on what is reasonable and common sense; Truth is apt to be neither.

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   How does common sense work?

   • Common sense reasoning systems cope with the need to model changes and lack thereof over time. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of common sense? 常識…

   COMMON SENSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Where did common sense come from?

   • OED's earliest evidence for common sense is from 1533, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. common sense is formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: common adj., sense n.

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   What does it mean for a man to have common sense?

   • If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is (Quote 1). Sometimes an act of common sense is indistinguishable from an act of genius (Quote 3). (Quote 2 and Quote 4 are not directly related to the question and will not be included in the Fixed Passage).

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › common-senseCOMMON SENSE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   COMMON SENSE definition: the natural ability to be practical and to make good decisions: . Learn more.