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these faculties collectively.
their operation or function; sensation.
a feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc., or resulting from a particular condition of some part of the body: to have a sense of cold.
a faculty or function of the mind analogous to sensation: the moral sense.
any special capacity for perception, estimation, appreciation, etc.: a sense of humor.
Usually, senses. clear and sound mental faculties; sanity: Have you taken leave of your senses?
a more or less vague perception or impression: a sense of security.
a mental discernment, realization, or recognition; acuteness: a just sense of the worth of a thing.
the recognition of something as incumbent or fitting: a sense of duty.
sound practical intelligence: He has no sense.
something that is sensible or reasonable: to talk sense.
the meaning or gist of something: You missed the sense of his statement.
the value or worth of something; merit: There's no sense in worrying about the past.
an opinion or judgment formed or held, especially by an assemblage or body of persons: the sense of a meeting.
verb (used with object), sensed, sensing.
to grasp the meaning of; understand.
in a sense, according to one explanation or view; to a certain extent: In a sense it may have been the only possible solution.
make sense, to be reasonable or comprehensible: His attitude doesn't make sense.


half-sensed, adjective
unsensed, adjective
unsensing, adjective

cents, scents, sense.

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sense (sɛns)
2.  such faculties collectively; the ability to perceive
3.  a feeling perceived through one of the senses: a sense of warmth
4.  a mental perception or awareness: a sense of happiness
5.  moral discernment; understanding: a sense of right and wrong
6.  (sometimes plural) sound practical judgment or intelligence: he is a man without any sense
7.  reason or purpose: what is the sense of going out in the rain?
8.  substance or gist; meaning: what is the sense of this proverb?
9.  specific meaning; definition: in what sense are you using the word?
10.  an opinion or consensus
11.  maths one of two opposite directions measured on a directed line; the sign as contrasted with the magnitude of a vector
12.  logic, linguistics
 b.  the property of an expression by virtue of which its referent is determined
 c.  that which one grasps in understanding an expression
13.  make sense to be reasonable or understandable
14.  take leave of one's senses See leave
15.  to perceive through one or more of the senses
16.  to apprehend or detect without or in advance of the evidence of the senses
17.  to understand
18.  computing
 a.  to test or locate the position of (a part of computer hardware)
 b.  to read (data)
[C14: from Latin sēnsus, from sentīre to feel]

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Word Origin & History

c.1400, "faculty of perception," also "meaning or interpretation" (esp. of Holy Scripture), from O.Fr. sens, from L. sensus "perception, feeling, undertaking, meaning," from sentire "perceive, feel, know," prob. a fig. use of a lit. meaning "to find one's way," from PIE base *sent- "to go" (cf. O.H.G.
sinnan "to go, travel, strive after, have in mind, perceive," Ger. Sinn "sense, mind," O.E. sið "way, journey," O.Ir. set, Welsh hynt "way"). Application to any one of the external or outward senses (touch, sight, hearing, etc.) first recorded 1526.
"Hornkostel cites a Negro tribe that has a separate word for seeing, but employs a common term for hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching." [A.G. Engstrom, "Philological Quarterly," XXV, 1946]
The verb meaning "to perceive by the senses" is recorded from 1598. Senses "mental faculties, sanity" is attested from 1568.
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Medical Dictionary

sense (sěns)



v. sensed, sens·ing, sens·es
To become aware of; perceive.
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Slang Dictionary

sinse definition

[sɪnts] and [ˈsɛnts (bəd)]
and sense (bud)
  1. n.
    seedless marijuana. (Drugs. From Spanish sinsemilla, “seedless.”) : Where's the sinse I was saving? , Tom only gets high on sense bud.
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