Definition of Sense

Babylon English
sense
v. feel, perceive through the senses; apprehend, understand
n. any of the five faculties of perception (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste); feeling, perception, sensation; recognition, awareness; impression; intelligence; something that is reasonable; significance, meaning; purpose, point; merit, value

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Sense Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sense
(v. t.)
To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
  
(v. t.)
That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
  
(v. t.)
Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.
  
(v. t.)
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
  
(v. t.)
Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
  
(v. t.)
One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.
  
(v. t.)
Moral perception or appreciation.
  
(v. t.)
Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
  
(v. t.)
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
  

WordNet 2.0
sense

Noun
1. a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"
(hypernym) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
(hyponym) sense of direction
2. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified"
(synonym) signified
(hypernym) meaning, significance, signification, import
(hyponym) word meaning, word sense, acceptation
3. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
(synonym) sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
(hypernym) faculty, mental faculty, module
(hyponym) modality, sense modality, sensory system
4. sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
(synonym) common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit
(hypernym) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
(hyponym) logic
5. a natural appreciation or ability; "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing"
(hypernym) appreciation, grasp, hold

Verb
1. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
(synonym) feel
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(verb-group) feel
(derivation) sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
2. detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
(hypernym) detect, observe, find, discover, notice
(derivation) sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
3. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"
(hypernym) perceive
4. comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
(hypernym) understand
(derivation) common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit

Australian Slang
Go pull a cow's cunt over your head and get a bull to fuck some sense into you
wake up to yourself

No more sense than a native bear, and not half as good-looking
dumb

Anagram
sense
essen

English Slang Dictionary v1.2
sense
an abbreviation of the word "sinsemellia", which is a form of marijuana that has no seeds, because it is isolated from male pollen during te blooming process. Instead of making seeds, the marijuana plant makes more THC, hence this "sense" is more potent, and generally better than standard ganja

hEnglish - advanced version
sense

sense
\sense\ (?), n. [l. sensus, from sentire, sensum, to perceive, to feel, from the same root as e. send; cf. ohg. sin sense, mind, sinnan to go, to journey, g. sinnen to meditate, to think: cf. f. sens. for the change of meaning cf. see, v. t. see send, and cf. assent, consent, scent, v. t., sentence, sentient.]
1. (physiol.) a faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. see muscular sense, under muscular, and temperature sense, under temperature. let fancy still my sense in lethe steep. what surmounts the reach of human sense i shall delineate. the traitor sense recalls the soaring soul from rest.
2. perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling. in a living creature, though never so great, the sense and the affects of any one part of the body instantly make a transcursion through the whole.
3. perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation. this basilius, having the quick sense of a lover. sidney. high disdain from sense of injured merit.
4. sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning. "he speaks sense." he raves; his words are loose as heaps of sand, and scattering wide from sense.
5. that which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion. i speak my private but impartial sense with freedom. the municipal council of the city had ceased to speak the sense of the citizens.
6. meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark. so they read in the book in the law of god distinctly, and gave the sense. viii. 8. i think 't was in another sense.
7. moral perception or appreciation. some are so hardened in wickedness as to have no sense of the most friendly offices. --l' estrange.
8. (geom.) one of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.


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for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America
sense
The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
sense
ciall

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Arglyw
Arglyw = n. the sense of hearing

Camystyr
Camystyr = n. a wrong sense

Clyw
Clyw = n. the sense of hearing

Llafanad
Llafanad = n. intellect, sense

Pwyll
Pwyll = n. impulse; reason, sense, discretion. Gan bwyll, gently

Rheswm
Rheswm = n. reason, sense

Synwr
Synwr = n. a sense, meaning

Synwyriad
Synwyriad = n. a gathering of sense

Ystyr
Ystyr = n. sense, meaning


Sense Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary
Sense
See Sense data

English-Latin Online Dictionary
sense
sensus, voluntas

Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
sense
The property of representations of a part of the world that captures that part as being a certain way; meaning.
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Sense Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Sense (n.)
kash-ral

TUPAC SHAKUR Rap Dictionary V.2.0
sense
(n) An abbreviation of the word "sinsemellia", which is a form o marijuana that has no seeds, because it is isolated from male pollen during te blooming process. Instead of making seeds, the marijuana plant makes more THC, hence this "sense" is more potent, and generally better than standard ganja.

Rap-music terminology and bios of artists
sense
(n) An abbreviation of the word "sinsemellia", which is a form o marijuana that has no seeds, because it is isolated from male pollen during te blooming process. Instead of making seeds, the marijuana plant makes more THC, hence this "sense" is more potent, and generally better than standard ganja.


Sense Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
SEHO
SENSE HOLDINGS INC
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available

SNSG
Sense Technologies, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Manufactures and markets back-up obstacle detection/collision warning system.


Sense Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Sense
Senses are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neurosciencecognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception.

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