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sɛnssense
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sense
Mind, in a general sense, includes all the powers of sentient being apart from the physical factors in bodily faculties and activities; in a limited sense, mind is nearly synonymous with intellect, but includes disposition, or the tendency toward action, as appears in the phrase "to have a mind to work." As the seat of mental activity, brain (colloquially brains) is often used as a synonym for mind, intellect, intelligence. Thought, the act, process, or power of thinking, is often used to denote the thinking faculty, and especially the reason. The instinct of animals is now held by many philosophers to be of the same nature as the intellect of man, but inferior and limited; yet the apparent difference is very great.
An instinct is a propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction.
Paley Natural Philosophy ch. 18.In this sense we speak of human instincts, thus denoting tendencies independent of reasoning or instruction. The soul includes the intellect, sensibilities, and will; beyond what is expressed by the word mind, the soul denotes especially the moral, the immortal nature; we say of a dead body, the soul (not the mind) has fled. Spirit is used especially in contradistinction from matter; it may in many cases be substituted for soul, but soul has commonly a fuller and more determinate meaning; we can conceive of spirits as having no moral nature; the fairies, elves, and brownies of mythology might be termed spirits, but not souls. In the figurative sense, spirit denotes animation, excitability, perhaps impatience; as, a lad of spirit; he sang with spirit; he replied with spirit. Soul denotes energy and depth of feeling, as when we speak of soulful eyes; or it may denote the very life of anything; as, "the hidden soul of harmony,"
Milton L'Allegro l. 144. Sense may be an antonym of intellect, as when we speak of the sense of hearing; but sense is used also as denoting clear mental action, good judgment, acumen; as, he is a man of sense, or, he showed good sense; sense, even in its material signification, must be reckoned among the activities of mind, tho dependent on bodily functions; the mind, not the eye, really sees; the mind, not the ear, really hears. Consciousness includes all that a sentient being perceives, knows, thinks, or feels, from whatever source arising and of whatever character, kind, or degree, whether with or without distinct thinking, feeling, or willing; we speak of the consciousness of the brute, of the savage, or of the sage. The intellect is that assemblage of faculties which is concerned with knowledge, as distinguished from emotion and volition. Understanding is the Saxon word of the same general import, but is chiefly used of the reasoning powers; the understanding, which Sir Wm. Hamilton has called "the faculty of relations and comparisons," is distinguished by many philosophers from reason in that "reason is the faculty of the higher cognitions or a priori truth."Synonyms:
brain, consciousness, disposition, instinct, intellect, intelligence, mind, reason, reason, soul, spirit, thought, understandingAntonyms:
body, brawn, brute force, material substance, matter
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sense
Synonyms:
perception, sensation, feeling, apprehension, recognition, understanding, discernment, appreciation, sentiment, view, opinion, judgment, reason, consciousness, notion, meaning, import, signification, purport, significance, soundness, sagacity, wisdomAntonyms:
non-perception, insensibility, misapprehension, misunderstanding, stolidity, nonappreciation, misconception, unsoundness, folly, nonsense, misinterpretation
Princeton's WordNet
sensenoun
a general conscious awareness
"a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"
Synonyms:
gumption, sentience, sensory faculty, sensation, common sense, sentiency, horse sense, signified, mother wit, good sensesense, signifiednoun
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"
Synonyms:
gumption, sentience, sensory faculty, sensation, common sense, sentiency, horse sense, signified, mother wit, good sensesense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory facultynoun
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"
Synonyms:
adept, sentience, hotshot, virtuoso, good sense, aesthesis, champion, superstar, whiz, sentiency, mother wit, esthesis, awareness, horse sense, ace, genius, mavin, sensation, common sense, sense datum, maven, wiz, signified, sense impression, wizard, star, sense experience, sensory faculty, gumption, whizzcommon sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother witnoun
sound practical judgment
"Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
Synonyms:
gumption, sensation, sentience, grit, sentiency, good sense, backbone, guts, common sense, sand, moxie, horse sense, signified, sensory faculty, mother witsenseverb
a natural appreciation or ability
"a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing"
Synonyms:
gumption, sentience, sensory faculty, sensation, common sense, sentiency, horse sense, signified, mother wit, good sensefeel, senseverb
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"
Synonyms:
find, smell, smell out, palpate, finger, experience, feelsenseverb
detect some circumstance or entity automatically
"This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
smell, smell out, senseverb
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
"I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
Synonyms:
scent out, smack, smell out, nose out, sniff out, smell, reek, feelsenseverb
comprehend
"I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
sensenoun
Synonyms:
faculty of perceptionsensenoun
Synonyms:
feeling, sensibility, sensationsensenoun
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intellect, mind, understanding, reason, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers or facultiessensenoun
Synonyms:
discernment, perception, sagacity, wisdom, tact, gumption, ballast, common sensesensenoun
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opinion, judgment, notion, idea, conception, apprehension, viewsensenoun
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signification, meaning, import, purport, interpretationsensenoun
Synonyms:
consciousness, persuasion, conviction
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sensenoun
Synonyms:
perception, sensation, sensibility, feeling, æsthesia, apprehension, understanding, wisdom, sagacity, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment, view, conviction, consciousnessAssociated words:
æsthematology, æsthesiography, sensuous, sensual, sensuality, sensuousnesssenseverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sense":
feeling, meaning, regard, sentiment, direction, feel, logic, impression, smell, respect, connection, logical, senses, perception, vein, sens, sensu, spirit, effect, idea, sensation, way, sensible, point, concept, reason, significance, context, awareness, consciousness, view
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Sense":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SENSE
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How to use sense in a sentence?
We have to consider that we are coming out of 16 years with Angela Merkel, whom I am a big fan of. I am already sad Angela Merkel is leaving the office, we call Angela Merkel Mutti( Mom), she knew how to talk to people and has the connection with people and she has done so much for Germany. This made her so special comparing her with other politicians. I will also miss her sense of humor.
Instead of looking for a success story in a tragedy, lawmakers should be talking about how they can prevent gun violence in the first place, texas officials should stop ignoring the common-sense and broadly popular solutions that we know work - background checks and red flag laws.
William Hendrikson (1911-1982):
"Harmony, accordingly, has been restored. Peace was made. Through Christ and his cross the universe is brought back or restored to its proper relationship to God in the sense that as a just reward for his obedience Christ was exalted to the Father’s right hand, from which position of authority and power He rules the entire universe in the interest of the church and to the glory of God." (on Colossians 1:20)
You don't need to preach to children about what is' right' or' wrong,' common Sense Media's better to have a conversation where they come to their own understanding and can see things in a larger social context.
I don't think we're going to have a coup in the classic sense with the military on the street, like what happened in 1964, what I think is more likely to happen is an attempted coup, some kind of subversion of democracy... or any attempt to delay the electoral process by introducing doubts about the legitimacy of the process.
Translations for sense
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- احساس, معنى, إحساسArabic
- sensació, sentit, accepció, significat, sentirCatalan, Valencian
- smysl, významCzech
- чоутиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- pwyllWelsh
- fornemmelse, følelseDanish
- Sinn, Gefühl, Bedeutung, Verstand, wahrnehmenGerman
- νόημα, έννοιαGreek
- sentido, significación, sensación, significado, acepción, sentir, dar sentidoSpanish
- zentzumenBasque
- حسPersian
- pyörimissuunta, tunne, järki, merkitys, lahja, suunta, aisti, kyky, lahjakkuus, vaisto, aistia, vaistotaFinnish
- sens, sentirFrench
- ciall, réasún, céadfaIrish
- brìgh, cudthrom, ciall, ciallachadh, mothachadh, faireachdainn, ceudfath, seaghScottish Gaelic
- sentido, significación, acepción, significado, sentirGalician
- keeall, ennaghtynManx
- הגיון, חוש, מובן, תחושה, חשHebrew
- समझHindi
- érzés, érzet, érzék, értelemHungarian
- իմաստ, զգացում, զգացողությունArmenian
- merasakanIndonesian
- senso, coscienza, sensazione, significato, verso, sentireItalian
- לָחוּשׁHebrew
- 感覚, 意識, 分別, センス, 意味, 感じる, 察する, 気づくJapanese
- გრძნობაGeorgian
- វិញ្ញាណ, អារម្មណ៍, សុភនិច្ឆ័យ, ន័យ, ឥន្ទ្រិយ, យល់Khmer
- 뜻, 의미, 감각Korean
- sensus,Latin
- nuojauta, uoslė, jausmas, prasmė, jutimasLithuanian
- maņa, sajūta, jēgaLatvian
- indera, deriaMalay
- အာရုံBurmese
- gewaarwording, betekenis, zintuig, gevoel, gewaarworden, waarnemen, zinDutch
- sens, føleNorwegian
- sens, sentitOccitan
- sens, zmysłPolish
- sentido, senso, significação, significado, acepção, sentirPortuguese
- senn, sen, accorscher, inaccordscher, encorscher, ancorscherRomansh
- sensRomanian
- направление, смысл, ощущение, значение, чувство, почувствовать, ощущать, чувствовать, ощутитьRussian
- osjet, smisaoSerbo-Croatian
- zmyselSlovak
- občutek, čutilo, čut, smisel, pomenSlovene
- sinne, förnuft, förstånd, bemärkelse, mening, betydelse, känslaSwedish
- உணர்வுTamil
- స్పృహ, భావంTelugu
- ความรู้สThai
- duyu, algılamak, duyumsamakTurkish
- почуттяUkrainian
- احساسUrdu
- ý nghĩaVietnamese
- sienVolapük
- שׂכל, געפילYiddish
- 感Chinese
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