sense

Alternative forms

• sence (archaic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕns, IPA: /sɛn(t)s/
• (pen-pin merger) IPA: /sɪn(t)s/
• Homophones: cents, scents, since (some dialects)

Noun

sense (countable and uncountable, plural senses)

1. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
2. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
   • a sense of security
3. Sound practical or moral judgment.
   • It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
4. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
   • You don’t make any sense.
   1. Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
      • word sense disambiguation
      • the true sense of words or phrases
5. A natural appreciation or ability.
   • A keen musical sense
6. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
7. (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
   • The word set has various senses.
8. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
9. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
10. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

Verb

sense (third-person singular simple present senses, present participle sensing, simple past and past participle sensed)

1. To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
2. To instinctively be aware.
   • She immediately sensed her disdain.
3. To comprehend.

Anagrams

• Essen, NESes, SE SNe, enses, esnes, seens, senes, snees

Noun

sense (uncountable)

1. sense, good sense

Noun

sense

1. plural of sens

Alternative forms

• sens

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA: /ˈsən.sə/
• (Central) IPA: /ˈsɛn.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA: /ˈsen.se/

Preposition

sense

1. without
   • Antonym: amb

Noun

sense

1. teacher

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsen.se/, [ˈs̠ẽːs̠ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsen.se/, [ˈsɛnse]

Participle

sēnse

1. vocative masculine singular of sēnsus

Alternative forms

• sens, sence

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛns/

Noun

sense (plural senses)

1. meaning, signification; interpretation

Alternative forms

• sens
• shens (Gascony)

Preposition

sense

1. without

Verb

sense

1. inflection of sensar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative