sense
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1.8
- noun
- /sɛns/
:
sentido
- Her sense of smell was so strong that she could detect fresh bread from blocks away.
- five senses
- sense of smell
- sense organs
Because we're raised on our physical senses, we grow up
- Because we're raised on our physical senses, we grow up
- They can use their senses when you're on video.
- It's about flooding all five of your senses at once with happiness.
- And by that I mean my sense of sound is the dominant sense.
- And she believed that our senses are our pathways into our minds.
- I mean, I wonder what's what's what, what senses came first?
- Yes, or that improve our senses, improve our senses in some ways.
- Your eyes, your, your sense of touch, taste, smell.
- The hearing senses on all the time, right?
Examples
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A delight to the senses, isn't it, my friend?
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But smell is clearly the best sense that a person has.
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When they contract, they make your sense of hearing less sensitive.
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Learning is enhanced when students use a combination of senses, such as sight and hearing.
Academic text (1990) -
Your space flight's gonna be a brutal assault on your senses.
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In Papua New Guinea, attempts to construct a sense of nationhood have met numerous obstacles.
Academic text (1999) -
In this re-creation of an ostensibly sensual experience, sense impressions are rendered with great precision.
Academic text (1999) -
The sense of touch allows us to feel different temperatures and textures.
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Animals rely on their senses to navigate their environments and find food.
Synonyms
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4.2
The body's ability to feel things like touch or light
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6.6
Ability to feel physical things like touch or pain
An ability to see, hear, or feel the world
The ability to notice, understand, and judge things
Idioms
Compounds
17
7.6
A natural feeling that tells you things without using sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
12
3.0
A proud, satisfied feeling you get after finishing something difficult
7
3.8
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
- Specialized
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9.9
A simple immediate experience from seeing, hearing, or touching before the mind interprets it
- Specialized
A sense that tells you where your head is and how it moves from the inner ear
- Specialized
Ability to feel where your body parts are and how they move without looking
- Specialized
Parts of the inner ear that tell you your head position and keep you balanced
- Specialized
A sensor on a machine that detects light, sound, distance or temperature
- Specialized
The ability to feel touch, pain, temperature, body position, and internal organs
- Specialized
Parts of the inner ear that tell your body about balance and movement
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sense comes from the Latin sentire, which means 'to feel'. So a sense is a way the body 'feels' or notices the outside world, like sight or hearing.