sense
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4.3
- noun
- /sɛns/
:
sentido
- Developing a strong sense of timing is essential for actors in a comedy.
- a sense of humor
- develop a sense
- a sense of responsibility
They they've got a certain sense of grim style.
- They they've got a certain sense of grim style.
- I love the creative aspect of it, the sense of play.
- So I'm aware of your kind of design sense and, and kind of what you've done.
Examples
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Her keen sense of rhythm allows her to dance perfectly in sync with the music.
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Taylor had, above everything else, a keen sense of history and his place in it.
Fiction book (1991) -
But where does your sense of identity come from?
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Where do you get your sense of confidence from?
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And do you have a sense where that fear was coming from?
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But he has that, that sense of play as well.
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I was originally captured by your strong sense of interior design.
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Behind that desire is one of Marge's core values: her keen sense of responsibility.
Academic text (2011) -
Certainly, in studying first-generation female students, I felt a sense of responsibility to portray the experiences of these women.
Academic text (2011) -
He has a natural sense of humor that makes everyone laugh during his speeches.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A natural ability to understand or do something
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4.1
A person's liking for styles, clothes, or art
267
2.3
The skill of noticing and understanding sounds like music or speech
98
7.1
A natural skill for finding or noticing things in one area
61
5.7
A natural ability to do or understand something
17
7.6
A natural feeling that tells you things without using sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
1
5.1
A quick sense that something is true without thinking
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
1
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
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Etymology
The word sense comes from the Latin sentire, 'to feel'. That same idea became a 'natural ability', so a sense of humor or a sense of direction is a way you 'feel' or naturally know how to do something.