sense
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
Other meanings
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
“a sense of security”
Sound practical or moral judgment.
“It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.”
Related words
- abound in one's own sense
- aftersense
- air sense
- come to one's senses
- civic sense
- common sense
- court sense
- dress sense
- game sense
- good sense
- horse sense
- in a sense
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "sēnsus" (sensation, feeling, meaning).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sense” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.